The 2002 novel that broke the rules for working mothers

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I Don’t Know How She Does It’ was published. Dubbed “a Bible for the working mum” by Oprah Winfrey, the book charted the daily juggles of working mother Kate Reddy, striking a chord with exhausted women across the world.

Here, three women reveal the effect the book had on them. Susanna Reid, journalist and Good Morning Britain presenterTwenty years ago, as Allison Pearson was birthing her groundbreaking novel, I was grappling with becoming a new mother.

I’d read ‘What to Expect When You Are Expecting’ from cover to cover. I revered Gina Ford’s ‘Contented Little Baby Book’ like a bible.

I ordered every ingredient in Annabel Karmel’s ‘Baby and Toddler Meal Planner’. But there was one book, released the same year that my eldest child was born 20 years ago, that kept me afloat when I returned to work.