Laurie Gelman Knihy

Matka pětiletého syna, obdařená šarmem a drzostí, vyjadřuje myšlenky, které si všechny mámy myslí, ale raději je nevysloví. Tento chytrý román zachycuje rok života zástupkyně rodičů dětí ve třídě předškoláků a přináší brilantní pohled na náročný terén rodičovské politiky. Jen Dixonová, matka se dvěma dospělými dcerami a pětiletým synem, se snaží proplouvat komplikovanými vztahy mezi rodiči. I když ji její nejlepší kamarádka považuje za ideální kandidátku na zástupkyni, ne všichni rodiče sdílejí stejný názor. Její požadavky na rychlé odpovědi na e-maily a přinesení „speciálních“ brownies na třídní schůzky vyvolávají smíšené reakce. Navíc se potýká s komplikacemi, jako je stará láska, matka alergického dítěte, sexy učitelka a aspirantka na dokonalou hospodyňku, což situaci ještě ztěžuje. Tento upřímný, neuctivý a vtipný příběh přináší svěží hlas v beletrii, který oslovuje skutečné mámy a nabízí zábavné čtení. Čtenářky se mohou s úlevou smát jejím jízlivým postřehům a užít si příběh, který odhaluje realitu rodičovství.

Even with the cutthroat days of being Class Mom behind her, as a freshly minted mat mom of the Pioneer Middle School (PMS) wrestling team, Jen Dixon cannot catch a break. This year, as her son joins the ranks of the PMS wrestlers, Jen faces mystifying new social dynamics with her trademark combination of reluctance and resigned acceptance. The sights and smells of her son’s wrestling matches are more than enough for her to deal with, but Jen also finds herself fully immersed in sports-mom competitiveness. These parents all seem perfectly unassuming until their kids start to wrestle, and then some become raging momsters. Jen steels herself for the indignities of middle school life, but she cannot quite fathom the extents to which some kids (and moms) will go for the sweet taste of victory. Add to this some truly bizarre encounters with students from her spin class and deeper challenges managing her parents, and Jen has more gum than she can chew...and even her riotously funny one-liners might not get her through it this time.

In the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Laurie Gelman's "irreverent and hilarious" (The New York Post) hit Class Mom, brash, lovable Jen Dixon is back with a new class and her work cut out for her If you've ever been a room parent or school volunteer, Jen Dixon is your hero. She says what every class mom is really thinking, whether in her notoriously frank emails or standup-worthy interactions with the micromanaging PTA President and the gamut of difficult parents. Luckily, she has the charm and wit to get away with it--most of the time. Jen is sassier than ever but dealing with a whole new set of challenges, in the world of parental politics and at home. She's been roped into room-parenting yet again, for her son Max's third grade class, but as her husband buries himself in work, her older daughters navigate adulthood, and Jen's own aging parents start to need some parenting themselves, Jen gets pulled in more directions than any one mom, or superhero, can handle. Refreshingly down-to-earth and brimming with warmth, Dixon's next chapter will keep you turning the pages to find out what's really going on under the veneer of polite parent interactions, and have you laughing along with her the whole way.

The now beloved hero of Laurie Gelman's Class Mom and You've Been Volunteered has a lot on her plate this year, from childcare duties for her daughter's two-year-old to her determined mission to become a spin instructor.