jsteele
Post 02/29/2024 18:32     Subject: Re:Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
I just registered dcparentzone.com and will point it here. That should spur some conspiracy theories.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 18:31     Subject: Re:Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did no one here read Prep, which was written by a Groton alum and former STA teacher? If this is even half as juicy, then I’ll enjoy it.


Prep is great. Curtis Sittenfeld did go to Groton but I do not think she taught at STA? She's from Ohio and I don't think she's ever lived in the DMV.


She was the writer-in-residence back in the early 2000s! She finished the novel while working there — I’d pay to see how the parents reacted.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 18:00     Subject: Re:Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:Did no one here read Prep, which was written by a Groton alum and former STA teacher? If this is even half as juicy, then I’ll enjoy it.


Prep is great. Curtis Sittenfeld did go to Groton but I do not think she taught at STA? She's from Ohio and I don't think she's ever lived in the DMV.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 17:23     Subject: Re:Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Did no one here read Prep, which was written by a Groton alum and former STA teacher? If this is even half as juicy, then I’ll enjoy it.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 17:14     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Sounds immature and pathetic
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 17:12     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:From Goodreads: "Each chapter starts with an anonymous post by a parent on dcparentzone.com. The posts are infuriating at times.
It kind of is mirrored in the insta account POC@Wesley. Being able to share stuff anonymously is not always good, but sometimes necessary. Sometimes its just to hide ones true nature.
The book deals with very difficult parents and their spoilt kids and racism on all levels.
It will make your blood boil. The book is excellent. I highly recommend it."


Nice.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 17:09     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:
It sounds great! It seems to be a critical analysis on school DEI virtue-signaling, not a “woke” book.


We can dream — but that’s not what I’m getting from either the marketing (e.g. Celeste Ng comparison) or the Goodreads advance reviews. Not a lot of room for heterodoxy in the chick-literary niche.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 17:06     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So who wrote it?

Jeff


LOL
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 17:00     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
I am looking forward to it. Funny how so many posters are taking a pass already, having read not one line of the book!

talk about prejudice
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 16:55     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer

It sounds great! It seems to be a critical analysis on school DEI virtue-signaling, not a “woke” book.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 16:42     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So who wrote it?


Author is Emma Sasaki. Very very brief googling didn't turn up much except listings of this book, which is her first. I would not be surprised if it's a pen name. Her bio says she lives in the DC suburbs and attended "a Quaker private school."


Duh. I meant who’s behind the nom de plume?
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 16:42     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
It’s been nearly 15 years since the last one so 🤷‍♀️
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 16:25     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:So who wrote it?


Author is Emma Sasaki. Very very brief googling didn't turn up much except listings of this book, which is her first. I would not be surprised if it's a pen name. Her bio says she lives in the DC suburbs and attended "a Quaker private school."
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 16:22     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:From Goodreads: "Each chapter starts with an anonymous post by a parent on dcparentzone.com. The posts are infuriating at times.
It kind of is mirrored in the insta account POC@Wesley. Being able to share stuff anonymously is not always good, but sometimes necessary. Sometimes its just to hide ones true nature.
The book deals with very difficult parents and their spoilt kids and racism on all levels.
It will make your blood boil. The book is excellent. I highly recommend it."


Lol, the thread title should read "Novel based on Sidwell and DCUMAD coming out in summer," because that's what that is.

Personally, I intend to read it and then post about it here on dcparentzone.com. Whether it's any good will likely depend quite a bit on how well Sasaki writes. The story does sound a little predictable but the perspective might not be. We shall see.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 16:21     Subject: Novel based on Sidwell coming out in summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So who wrote it?

Jeff


lol