Perceptive and funny....Allison Pearson has a gift for comedy, but the best bits of How Hard Can It Be? are her sharp asides about modern life." — The Times (U.K.) So Kate has to give up freelancing and get a job. To prepare for it, she made her family move closer to London. While she’s gearing up for competing against much younger people in what seems to be to be hedge fund banking (getting rich people to invest to get richer), meanwhile her daughter’s toxic “best friend” somehow oopses the wrong sort of selfie of the daughter onto the Internet, and makes sure it goes viral. The daughter goes ballistic, of course. That thread of a marriage crumbling and her new affair would have made a great story on his own. Affair guy was yummy and hubby was useless. (Even his kids didn’t miss him when he finally moved out). These stories where the ex-husband ends up with twins and endless sleepless nights are such a fun revenge for the now independent ex-wife who finally gets some freedom after raising her family. In the end the young clueless young guys at the investment firm are saved from their own fumbling of relations with an important client by our protagonist using her experience and cunning to save the firm. In the process of doing so she reveals her true age which is no longer a problem because she's now a hero.

Sparkling, funny and poignant, this is a triumphant return for Pearson and hopefully not the last we will hear of Kate’ Daily Expressone day soon the oil and gas will run out – and the only alternatives being suggested right now are coming from people who smoke way too much cannabis. Like the tide, man. And, you know, the wind is totally, like, sustainable." From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson. message: Sandra, reading your review of my book made me giggle! I'm delighted you enjoyed it and you have made my day! Hope you had a Happy New Year and thanks again! Robyn

Limited-edition Insanity sauce is ridiculous. It’s made in Costa Rica, from hot pepper extract, crushed red savina peppers, red tabasco pepper pulp, green tabasco pepper pulp, crushed red habanero peppers, crushed green habanero peppers, red habanero pepper powder and fruit juice. Well, that’s what it says on the tin. But I don’t believe it. I think it’s made from uranium, plutonium, fertilizer, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and ammonia, with a splash of mace. I do not believe it’s a foodstuff. It’s a weapon." That leaves Kate to find a job to support poor Richard and their teens, Emily and Ben, while she juggles caringfor her eightysomething mum and Richard’s parents, who are coping with his mother’s dementia. Kate’s fixer-upper of a home outside Londonis a money pit, her credit rating has plunged and she’s experiencing the aches and energy drain of perimenopause. Filled with smart insights...Kate makes good company. You can't help rooting for her." — The New York Times Book ReviewI kept laughing out loud in places with extreme quiet- a snort shy of embarrassing the hell out of myself.. The article that killed me was the one where Jeremy was stumped by a high-tech Japanese toilet. Just look at this: For a while in the first half I wasn’t sure I could finish, and it took me several days to plow through, but the second half I read in a single night. This book is for those women whose children find them annoying, whose husbands take them for granted, who feel their best years are behind them and whose workplace is filled with bros with more hair gel than acumen, but who forge on because what other choice is there? In other words…something for every woman.