Kathleen West- Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes
About MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES:
\nWhen a devoted teacher comes under pressure for her progressive curriculum and a helicopter mom goes viral on social media, two women at odds with each other find themselves in similar predicaments, having to battle back from certain social ruin.
\nIsobel Johnson has spent her career in Liston Heights sidestepping the community\u2019s high-powered families. But when she receives a threatening voicemail accusing her of Anti-Americanism and a liberal agenda, she\u2019s in the spotlight. Meanwhile, Julia Abbott, obsessed with the casting of the school\u2019s winter musical, makes an error in judgment that has far-reaching consequences for her entire family.
\nBrought together by the sting of public humiliation, Isobel and Julia learn firsthand how entitlement and competition can go too far, thanks to a secret Facebook page created as an outlet for parent grievances. The Liston Heights High student body will need more than a strong sense of school spirit to move past these campus dramas in an engrossing debut novel that addresses parents behaving badly and teenagers speaking up, even against their own families.
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR
\nKathleen West is a veteran middle and high-school teacher. She graduated with a degree in English from Macalester College and holds a Master's degree in literacy education from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Minneapolis with her hilarious husband, two sporty sons, and very bad goldendoodle.