Résultats pour "Allison Pearson" dans Littérature et fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It comes an audiobook about starting over, and facing life with a sense of humor. This program is read by acclaimed actor Poppy Miller, who stars as Ginny Weasley in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed...

For every woman trying to strike that impossible balance between work and home - and pretending that she has - and for every woman who has wanted to hurl the acquaintance who coos admiringly, "Honestly, I just don't know how you do it," out a window, here's a novel to make you cringe with recognition and laugh out loud. With fierce, unsentimental irony, Pearson's novel brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of working motherhood at the start of the 21st century. Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager and mother of two.

C'est un régal pour les lecteurs ayant grandi avec "Bridget Jones" de retrouver le personnage de Kate Reddy, quinze ans après l'énorme succès de "Je ne sais pas comment elle fait". Kate Reddy compte les quelques semaines qui la séparent de la cinquantaine avec effroi. Si on ajoute à cette angoisse les hormones qui s'agitent, des ados qui ont besoin d'elle mais qui ne lui adressent pas la parole, des parents qui vieillissent et redeviennent des enfants, un mari qui se cherche et a décidé de s'offrir un break pour se consacrer à la méditation.

The London mob clash with the Russian Mafia. The death and violence escalate, putting Danny’s family in danger. Danny Pearson has to end the war, before more family die…Yuri Volkov must fly to London and avenge his brother’s death and family honour. His only aim is to destroy Danny’s uncle Harry and make him suffer in the process.

Nu stiu cum reuseste, un roman de debut devenit in scurt timp bestseller, ne ofera un adevarat spectacol de jonglerie, atit in plan stilistic, imbinind irezistibil umorul si dramatismul, cit si la nivelul propriu-zis al actiunii. Kate Reddy este administrator de fonduri in centrul financiar al...

Kate Reddy are tot ce-şi doreşte o femeie împlinită: casă de vis (sau pe-aproape), doi copii iubitori şi un soţ ca nimeni altul. Copiii au crescut şi au devenit adolescenţi (a se citi "nişte monştri"), Richard, soţul ideal, şi-a dat demisia, îşi pierde vremea pe velodrom, bea tot felul de sucuri sănătoase, se-mbracă din cap pînă-n picioare în lycra şi cheltuie banii familiei pe şedinţe de consiliere. Şi cum Richard, în drumul lui spre înţelepciune, nu mai are salariu, Kate trebuie să se întoarcă la muncă.

The new novel from the best-selling author of I Don’t Know How She Does It takes us on an unforgettable journey into first love, and—with the emotional intensity and penetrating wit that have made her beloved among readers all over the world—reminds us of how the ardor of our youth can ignite our adult lives.

The surprise hit of the year, Allison Pearson's debut novel is garnering critical and fan raves. Publishers Weekly calls I Don't Know How She Does It "delightfully fast moving...with dozens of laugh-aloud moments and many tenderly touching ones," and Booklist applauds this "compelling manifesto on the plight of working mothers that manages to be both angry and funny."

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Sie ist Mitte dreißig und die einzige weibliche Führungskraft einer Londoner Investmentfirma. Außerdem ist Kate die Mutter von Emily (6) und Ben (1). Trotz verständnisvollem Ehemann und perfekter Organisation schrammt sie chronisch am Rand der Katastrophe entlang. Verspätete Flugzeuge oder verschwundene Kuscheltiere sind Zeitbomben. Was aber bedeutet schon Bananenbrei auf dem Business-Kostüm gegen ein Lächeln des Babys? Da tritt genau das in ihr Leben, wofür Kate am allerwenigsten Zeit hat: ein anderer Mann.