I have seen some reviews of Class Mom floating around so I requested it from my local library! In case you were wondering I requested they order the next book in this series, You’ve Been Volunteered and I am eagerly waiting its arrival!
Jen Dixon is a married housewife with a little boy in kindergarten and two girls in college. I would love to hear the story of Jen in her younger years…all we know is that the girls were (most likely) fathered by two different musicians. She has settled down since her groupie days and is the most hysterical class mom.
She is my inner spirit animal!! There’s a reason I’m not on the PTA or volunteer to go into my kids’ classrooms…well, number one, work prevents me from volunteering during the day, but dealing with all the other parents! The emails she writes to the families are HILARIOUS! If you have a child in school, you will relate to this book. If you are childless…you can still relate because it just deals with the topic of well…dealing with other people!
We touch upon the idea of flirtation and an affair with an old high school crush. We navigate going through a time when she was misunderstood and gets the boot as the class mom. There is no real story line, except for the mystery of a one parent that no one has met and the daughter has yet to be at school. Oooooh, when that mystery is revealed it is a DOOZY!!!
I loved watching the friendships Jen has. She has her best friend (President of the PTA) and even makes a frenemy. It was just such a FUN read. I flew through it because I couldn’t stop laughing!!!
5 star read. When I can find my inner spirit animal in a book, it’s a 5 star read and I don’t care who agrees or doesn’t. Just know that if you read this book, this would totally be me…sarcastic to the point of not caring, haha. If you have read it, what did you think of it??
Title: Class Mom
Author: Laurie Gelman
Genre(s): Fiction, Humor, Contemporary
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Find it here on Goodreads
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