"A book that will resonate with parents everywhere." -- USA Today " Exceptional .illuminating reflections and engaging stories.Some of the best chapters take readers along on Kelly''s news reporting adventures.making the book as at home in the journalism section as it is in literature and parenting and giving an already excellent title added appeal." -- Booklist (starred review) ".she beautifully captures the chaos and pathos of parenting.Parents will cherish this.

" --Publishers Weekly (starred review) " It. Goes. So. Fast. is a moving and funny account of the deals we cut with ourselves: what we sacrifice, what we gain, and what we really want (which is everything). By holding up a mirror to her own choices, Mary Louise Kelly gives us tremendous insight into how we struggle to be true to ourselves and the people we love, and how we''re never going to get it exactly right. This book is the voice of solidarity. It is a gift.

" --Ann Patchett "This compelling account of the divided heart of a dedicated journalist and devoted mother is tender and gritty and remarkably relevant." --Hilma Wolitzer, Author of Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket "Mary Louise Kelly has written an achingly honest memoir that reflects the joys, regrets, pitfalls and triumphs of the modern working mother. Humor, heart, and humanity bounce off every. single. page. I felt like I was having a bottle (or two) of wine with a close friend whose balancing act very much resonated with mine--and probably yours too." -- Katie Couric "A book for everyone who has to get through the sweet agony of raising children and letting them go. Kelly describes the interior shifts of this and other milestones with candor, vulnerability and wry humor.

" --Katty Kay, BBC Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Code t is a gift." --Ann Patchett "This compelling account of the divided heart of a dedicated journalist and devoted mother is tender and gritty and remarkably relevant." --Hilma Wolitzer, Author of Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket "Mary Louise Kelly has written an achingly honest memoir that reflects the joys, regrets, pitfalls and triumphs of the modern working mother. Humor, heart, and humanity bounce off every. single. page. I felt like I was having a bottle (or two) of wine with a close friend whose balancing act very much resonated with mine--and probably yours too." -- Katie Couric "A book for everyone who has to get through the sweet agony of raising children and letting them go.

Kelly describes the interior shifts of this and other milestones with candor, vulnerability and wry humor." --Katty Kay, BBC Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Code t is a gift." --Ann Patchett "This compelling account of the divided heart of a dedicated journalist and devoted mother is tender and gritty and remarkably relevant." --Hilma Wolitzer, Author of Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket "Mary Louise Kelly has written an achingly honest memoir that reflects the joys, regrets, pitfalls and triumphs of the modern working mother. Humor, heart, and humanity bounce off every. single. page. I felt like I was having a bottle (or two) of wine with a close friend whose balancing act very much resonated with mine--and probably yours too.

" -- Katie Couric "A book for everyone who has to get through the sweet agony of raising children and letting them go. Kelly describes the interior shifts of this and other milestones with candor, vulnerability and wry humor." --Katty Kay, BBC Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Code t is a gift." --Ann Patchett "This compelling account of the divided heart of a dedicated journalist and devoted mother is tender and gritty and remarkably relevant." --Hilma Wolitzer, Author of Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket "Mary Louise Kelly has written an achingly honest memoir that reflects the joys, regrets, pitfalls and triumphs of the modern working mother. Humor, heart, and humanity bounce off every. single. page.

I felt like I was having a bottle (or two) of wine with a close friend whose balancing act very much resonated with mine--and probably yours too." -- Katie Couric "A book for everyone who has to get through the sweet agony of raising children and letting them go. Kelly describes the interior shifts of this and other milestones with candor, vulnerability and wry humor." --Katty Kay, BBC Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Code Patchett "This compelling account of the divided heart of a dedicated journalist and devoted mother is tender and gritty and remarkably relevant." --Hilma Wolitzer, Author of Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket "Mary Louise Kelly has written an achingly honest memoir that reflects the joys, regrets, pitfalls and triumphs of the modern working mother. Humor, heart, and humanity bounce off every. single. page.

I felt like I was having a bottle (or two) of wine with a close friend whose balancing act very much resonated with mine--and probably yours too." -- Katie Couric "A book for everyone who has to get through the sweet agony of raising children and letting them go. Kelly describes the interior shifts of this and other milestones with candor, vulnerability and wry humor." --Katty Kay, BBC Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Confidence Code.