Anonymous wrote:Sounds kind of boring and predictable

this. And written by someone who went there years ago… dates info and setting.
I don’t get the big deal.

Anonymous wrote:They are sold out at Politics and Prose

Overheard at P&P this morning:

Customer: I need three copies of a book called "it's a privilege just to be here."

Employee: That's on our local authors table. [Walks over.] We have two copies here... looks like these are our last two, we do have a lot more coming in. We'd like to leave one copy out?

Customer heads towards registers with one copy.

They are sold out at Politics and Prose

Anonymous wrote:Thought we were done with this fad

They will never be done with this fad.

The HoS in the book…sounds like Bryan but names after Earl Harrison right? He was not a slick salesman lol more like absentee ghost

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a rumor it’s a Maret parent who either went to Sidwell or has some connection

It is not a rumor. It's a fact. A Maret parent who attended Sidwell.

💯

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a rumor it’s a Maret parent who either went to Sidwell or has some connection

It is not a rumor. It's a fact. A Maret parent who attended Sidwell.

She should have written a book about being a Maret parent…although even fewer people would read it.

😂

Anonymous wrote:The bio says the author is an alum of a private school in Washington DC- obviously Sidwell. It’s published by Penguin Randomhouse so obviously a “real” writer- did you ever consider it’s a pen name for someone who has written other things?

S/he wishes. It was “Published by Alcove Press” and apparently edited by an ESL editor and not a very good one

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an art teacher named Percy at SFS back in the 80’s and 90’s

he was the BEST!

Was he better than Ms. B who currently teaches ceramics at Sidwell? She was made to be an art/ceramics teacher! My daughter LOVES her ceramics classes, and she’s not particularly artsy.

Anonymous wrote:There was an art teacher named Percy at SFS back in the 80’s and 90’s

he was the BEST!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a rumor it’s a Maret parent who either went to Sidwell or has some connection

It is not a rumor. It's a fact. A Maret parent who attended Sidwell.

There are also Maret alum whose kids went to or attend Sidwell currently.

It is not a big deal, parents send their kids to the school that is the best fit.

There was an art teacher named Percy at SFS back in the 80’s and 90’s

The Ousmane character is Mamadou, no?

The bio says the author is an alum of a private school in Washington DC- obviously Sidwell. It’s published by Penguin Randomhouse so obviously a “real” writer- did you ever consider it’s a pen name for someone who has written other things?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a rumor it’s a Maret parent who either went to Sidwell or has some connection

It is not a rumor. It's a fact. A Maret parent who attended Sidwell.

She should have written a book about being a Maret parent…although even fewer people would read it.