Novelist Allison Pearson has signed a deal with St. Martin’s Press for a sequel to her 2002 bestseller, I Don’t Know How She Does It. Pearson announced the news on Twitter this morning.
Executive editor Hope Dellon negotiated the deal with UK literary agent Caroline Michel of Peters Fraser & Dunlop. Dellon secured North American rights to this manuscript. The publication date has been scheduled for Fall 2016.
Here’s more from the press release: “The as-yet-untitled new novel once again features Pearson’s beloved heroine Kate Reddy. Now on the cusp of turning 50, Kate returns to the workforce after a career break. Her husband Richard has decided to change careers which means that Kate, like so many women, is now the breadwinner. As Kate rides the rollercoaster of the menopause, she clashes with her furiously hormonal teenagers and must also tend to her ageing parents who make increasing demands on her non-existent time.”