“Hilarious mom, daughter, wife, and grandma…not to mention room mom and overachieving fundraiser—Jen Dixon is the friend we all need in the journey of life!”
— Julie Chan
host of Beyond the Book with Julie
“Yoga Pant Nation is hilarious and warm, with sharp observations and unforgettable characters.”
— Byron Lane
author of A Star Is Bored
“Gelman's razor sharp wit never falters in this page-turner. PTA-philes and phobes alike will revel in this hysterical romp.”
— Elyssa Friedland
author of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
“Yoga Pant Nation took me right back to my life navigating the treacherous world of overzealous parenting… Bravo, Laurie Gelman! ”
— Jane Ubell-Meyer
founder of Bedside Reading
The hilarious, irreverent Jen Dixon is class mom—again—for her son’s fifth grade year, and a class bully, spin-teacher training, and her irresistible granddaughter keep her on her toes and perpetually in yoga pants.
The now beloved hero of Laurie Gelman’s Class Mom and You’ve Been Volunteered has a lot on her plate this year in Yoga Pant Nation—from childcare duties for her daughter’s two-year-old to her determined mission to become a spin instructor. When her husband’s ex-wife shows up to her first ever class as a full-fledged teacher—and compliments her performance!—she can’t help but wonder what the catch is.
Throw in a mandate from the PTA president to raise $10,000 for the fifth graders’ new tablets and her granddaughter’s other grandmother (whom no one has ever met) visiting for Christmas, and Jen is going to need more than her regular spin class to get her through the year. But as ever, humor is her best stress relief. Her acerbic emails to the class parents and friendly spars with her daughter over how organic is organic-enough for baby food will have you laughing out loud and texting Jen’s best lines to your friends.
EVENTS
Athleta
Book Signing
September 14th - 1:00 - 4:00pm
27 S Moger Ave
Mt Kisco, NY 10549
The Meant for More Weekend
Keynote Speaker
November 12th-14th
Palm Harbor Florida
EVENT INFORMATION
Watershed Literary Festival
Keynote Speaker
September 23rd
Rye, New York
EVENT INFORMATION
ALSO BY LAURIE GELMAN
“Much as Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle exposed the seedy underside of the meatpacking industry, Class Mom exposes the underside of room parenting.”s
— The New York Times Book Review
“Don’t miss this hilarious send-up of parental politics.”
— People Magazine, Best New Books feature
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.
“Something tells me that Laurie Gelman has been volunteered many, many times. This is a must-read and a love letter to all those underappreciated multitaskers, who just want to be left alone.”
— Kelly Ripa
“Gelman’s laugh-out-loud follow-up gets an A.”
— People
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 in You’ve Been Volunteered