Girls with Bright Futures

Name: Girls with Bright Futures
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SKU: 9781728216461
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A Novel

By Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman

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Summary

Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman is a gripping novel set in the competitive world of college admissions. The story follows three ambitious mothers whose children's futures hinge on securing a single spot at an elite university. As tensions rise, alliances form and rivalries intensify, leading to unexpected consequences and testing the boundaries of family loyalty and ambition.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by tales of high-stakes ambition and the dark undercurrents of competitive academia. This story offers a behind-the-scenes look at the lengths to which parents will go to ensure their children's success and explores themes of privilege, power, and the pressures within elite educational environments.

Girls with Bright Futures

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When you are a mother with power, money, and status, is there any line you wouldn't cross for your child?

Three women, three daughters, and a promise that they'll each get what they deserve...

College admissions season at Seattle's Elliott Bay Academy is marked by glowing acceptances from top-tier institutions and students as impressive as their parents are ambitious. But when Stanford alerts the school it's allotting only one spot to EBA for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition is more cutthroat than they could have imagined.

Tech giant Alicia turns to her fortune and status to fight for her reluctant daughter's place at the top. Kelly, a Stanford alum, leverages her PTA influence and insider knowledge to bulldoze the path for her high-strung daughter. And Maren makes three—single, broke, and ill-equipped to battle the elite school community aligning to bring her superstar down.

That's when, days before applications are due, one of the girls suffers a near-fatal accident, one that doesn't appear to be an accident at all.

As the community spirals out of control, three women will have to decide what lines they're willing to cross to secure their daughters' futures... and keep buried the secrets that threaten to destroy far more than just college dreams.

The perfect book club read with a suspense bite, Girls with Bright Futures combines the college admissions scandal with the edge of Big Little Lies, the snark of Class Mom, and the schadenfreude of watching the elite implode.

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Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman is a dark and gripping novel that delves into the competitive and cutthroat world of elite college admissions. Reviewers have praised it for highlighting the extreme lengths parents will go to secure their children's futures, drawing parallels to real-life scandals. The narrative is lauded for its suspense, humour, and clever depiction of high-stakes ambition, making it an entertaining and thought-provoking read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781728216461

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 March 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 400

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Tracy Dobmeier Wendy Katzman

About the Author

TRACY DOBMEIER and WENDY KATZMAN live in Seattle. Between them, they have undergrad degrees from Princeton and the University of Michigan, a law degree from UC Berkeley, careers in marketing, non-profit leadership, and biotechnology law.