Alistair's Reviews > Holly Banks Full of Angst

Welcome to the Village of Primm (never just, Primm). A town of perfection and a cast of Stepford-like mothers, all presided over by the formidable PTA president Mary-Margaret St. James. Not that newly arrived Holly Banks and family have been welcomed. This is the day that Holly and Jack's daughter Ella starts kindergarten, and the first morning's events are a foretaste of what Holly can expect for the rest of the week. Ella misses her bus, so Holly, in daggy pjs, drives her to kinder, after which she drives into the school bus. The novel charts the (mis)fortunes of this week for the Banks family. Julie Valerie has heaps of talent, especially for comic writing and situations, however this overlong needed editing badly. For a similar reading experience try Laurie Gelman's (shorter) but just as funny novels.