Class Mom: A Novel (Class Mom, 1)

Laurie Gelman€s clever debut novel about a year in the life of a kindergarten class mom€•a brilliant send-up of the petty and surprisingly cutthroat terrain of parent politics.

Jen Dixon is not your typical Kansas City kindergarten class mom€•or mom in general. Jen already has two college-age daughters by two different (probably) musicians, and it€s her second time around the class mom block with five-year-old Max€•this time with a husband and father by her side. Though her best friend and PTA President sees her as the €œwisest€ candidate for the job (or oldest), not all of the other parents agree.

From recording parents€ response times to her emails about helping in the classroom, to requesting contributions of €œspecial€ brownies for curriculum night, not all of Jen€s methods win approval from the other moms. Throw in an old flame from Jen€s past, a hyper-sensitive €œallergy mom,€ a surprisingly sexy kindergarten teacher, and an impossible-to-please Real Housewife-wannabe, causing problems at every turn, and the job really becomes much more than she signed up for.

Relatable, irreverent, and hilarious in the spirit of Maria Semple this is a fresh, welcome voice in fiction€•the kind of novel that real moms clamor for, and a vicarious thrill-read for all mothers, who will be laughing as they are liberated by Gelman€s acerbic truths.