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Class Mom • Book 2
by Laurie Gelman
Narrated by Laurie Gelman
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Laurie Gelman narrating her own sharp-tongued alter ego is the audiobook equivalent of the author reading her diary aloud — and she has zero shame.
- Great if you want: mom-life comedy that actually earns its laughs
- Listening experience: breezy and fast — a one-sitting commute listen
- Narration: Gelman's self-narration sharpens every punchline and email rant
- Skip if: you haven't read book one and hate jumping into a series
About This Audiobook
Jen Dixon has been roped into room-parenting for her son Max's third-grade class despite her best efforts to avoid it, and this time the complications extend beyond difficult parents and a controlling PTA president. Her husband is buried in work, her older daughters are navigating adulthood in ways that require her attention, and her own parents are beginning to need the kind of care she always assumed was decades away. Laurie Gelman's second Class Mom novel finds Jen managing a wider orbit of demands while still finding time to say exactly what everyone else in the school parking lot is thinking but not saying.
Gelman narrates her own book, which gives Jen's voice the particular ease of an author who knows exactly who the character is and why she is funny. The comedy is warm rather than sharp, rooted in genuine affection for the messy community of school parents, and Gelman's delivery makes the material feel like overheard rather than performed. At just under six and a half hours, this is a quick, enjoyable listen.