Girls with Bright Futures, Tracy Dobmeier
Girls with Bright Futures, Tracy Dobmeier
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Girls with Bright Futures

Author: Tracy Dobmeier, Wendy Katzman

Narrator: Mia Barron

Unabridged: 11 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/02/2021


Synopsis

The perfect book club read with a suspenseful bite—when it comes to their daughters’ future, three women are about to discover if there are any lines not worth crossing …

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.

For readers of The Gifted School, 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on September 08, 2022

Every mother dreams of a bright future of their children but what if they go too far, expecting their children succeed their unresolved dreams by putting extra pressure, playing dirty, being power thirsty, crossing the lines, getting definitely out of control! When three moms turn into mom-azillas......more

Goodreads review by Debra on February 01, 2021

Three dreams to get into Stanford. Three Daughters. Three Mothers. Three Motivations. It is college admissions time at EBA (Elliot Bay Academy) in Seattle. Applications have been submitted, fingers have been crossed and lines have been crossed. Everyone is upset when Stanford announces that they are......more

Goodreads review by Christina on January 31, 2021

Wickedly paced and devilishly clever, Girls with Bright Futures is a serious case of moms behaving badly, perfectly showcasing the dark side of ambition in the cut-throat world of elite college admissions. With a ripped-from-the-headlines feel a la Felicity Huffman, we get a deep look at the frantic......more

Goodreads review by Jen on October 11, 2021

Perfect read if your idea of a good time is constantly switching back and forth between which character you find most awful. I'm a fan of unlikeable characters when they are purposely written to be that way, and Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman have crafted some doozies here! The worst part is, I do......more

Goodreads review by Dana on February 09, 2021

It's college admissions season at Seattle's Elliot Bay Academy and things are about to get a "bit" extra... Woah! The lengths some of these parents went to in order to get their children accepted into top-tier institutions was unreal. All the money being thrown around, the lies and deception. There w......more