Alison Pearson's first novel, I Wish I Could Do It, hit the New York Times bestseller list and sold more than four million copies worldwide. As Oprah Winfrey said, Kate Reddy's story is "an anthem for working mothers."

After seven years, Kate Reddy faces her fiftieth birthday. Her children have grown into unbearable teenagers, her husband's parents and mother are struggling with health problems, and her husband is having a mid-life crisis, so Kate is forced to return to the career she gave up years before. Once again, you find yourself desperately trying to keep every ball in the air in a juggling act.
Will Kate be able to regain her rightful place at the investment fund she started at the time, or will she suffocate in shapewear? Will you rekindle an old flame or burn your house to the ground when a rowdy crowd shows up at your daughter's (for the parents anyway) surprise Christmas party? Everything will be revealed in the end. It can't be that hard for Kate.