It Goes So Fast : The Year of No Do-Overs

Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic?about the year before her son goes to college?and the joys, losses, and surprises that happen along the way. The time for do-overs is over.Ever since she became a parent, Mary Louise Kelly has said “next year.” Next year will be the year she makes it to one of her son James’s soccer games (which are on weekdays at 4 p.m., right when she is on the air on NPR’s All Things Considered, talking to millions of listeners). Drive carpool for her son Alexander next week? Not if she wants to do that story about Ukraine and interview the secretary of state. Like millions of parents who wrestle with raising children while pursuing a career, she has never been cavalier about these decisions. The bargain she has always made with herself is this: this time I’ll get on the plane, but next year I’ll find a way to be there for the mom stuff.Well, James and Alexander a