The Gifted School

With an exclusive school for exceptional children opening in the community, a group of friends and families are nearly destroyed by their own competition in this clever and delicious story that is highly readable.

This incisively written book explores the tensions between privilege and achievement, talent and potential, and the unwavering aspirations and anxieties that drive parents and their kids in contemporary America.

The Gifted School, a highly amusing book that takes place in the made-up town of Crystal, Colorado, explores the drama that arises when parents and friends have lofty goals and good intentions conflict with long-held secrets and lies. Viewed via the perspective of four families who have known each other since their children were born more than ten years ago, the narrative exposes not only the extent some adults are prepared to go to in order to succeed, but also the impact on the group's offspring, sibling relationships, marriages, and professions as long-simmering grudges flare up and explosive secrets come to the surface and blow. It's a current, funny, and astute look at headstrong children, ambitious parents, and the sacrifices made in the name of status.