Book description
"For those who couldn't stop reading about Lori Loughlin and Operation Varsity Blues, this suspenseful thriller about the lines moms are willing to cross to get their kids into college is for you."-Refinery29
"Book Club Winner."-Real Simple, Book Club Selection
"A thriller for the post-college-admission-scandal age."-PopSugar
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1 author picked Girls with Bright Futures as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This novel is a chilling depiction of the cut-throat world of elite college admissions for families attending an ultra-competitive private school. It’s another great example of taking concepts I’ve seen in nonfiction parenting books (helicopter parenting and over-pressuring kids) and playing them out in a fictional way. The details on the parents’ backstories, and how they affected their thought processes, allowed clear comparisons and contrasts to their situations, values, and beliefs and helped me see why I may want to handle certain situations differently.
From Rebecca's list on fiction portraying realistic parenting dilemmas.
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