Brownie Points edition by Jennifer Coburn Literature Fiction eBooks
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Sometimes that’s the way the Thin Mints crumble...
When Lisa Taylor and her family move from San Francisco to the suburban paradise of Los Corderos, they know their family won’t fit in perfectly. They’re the only interracial family in the neighborhood. Lisa is a snarky sculptor. And 13-year-old Logan is gay.
After Logan is repeatedly bullied at school, he finds his niche in an unusual place – his twin sister’s Girl Scout troop. When he tries to join, the organization refuses, so the boy sues for gender discrimination and sets off a firestorm of national media coverage. This only makes matters worse between the Logan and his father, a macho firefighter who is already struggling with his son’s sexual orientation.
Adding to the strife is Lisa’s increasing distaste for Junta Moms who wish each other “Namaste” while rigging school elections and stealing each other’s husbands.
Join the Taylors on their hilarious journey as they face the fight of their lives and,in the process, discover what it means to be a family.
Praise for Jennifer Coburn’s Books
"Jennifer Coburn’s Tales From the Crib is a deliciously fun, laugh-out-loud read
about one woman’s journey toward motherhood. You won’t be able to put this book down until you arrive at the final, satisfying page.”
- Emily Giffin, author of Where We Belong
“The Queen Gene is entertaining…fresh, fast, and unpredictable…I didn’t want it to end!”
- Jennifer Lancaster, author of Jeneration X
“I absolutely loved The Wife of Reilly. It’s so funny and snappy, it was a total
delight…a riot from start to finish, but an intelligent, thoughtful one that says a
lot about the nature of love and relationships.”
- Marian Keyes, author of This Charming Man
Brownie Points edition by Jennifer Coburn Literature Fiction eBooks
Brownie Points is a light, adult comedy about a boy who wants to join the Girl Scouts after he finds acceptance at his sister's troop meeting. He's had a rough start at his new school. You see, 13-year-old Logan Taylor is queer as folk and, sadly, gets bullied by his male classmates. He even gets beaten up on his first day at school. The boy is a lot like Kurt from Glee - sweet, creative and unquestionably gay. His mother, Lisa seems quite accepting of her son's sexual orientation. The father is a different story.There are several layers to this story, which is often funny and sometimes touching. It is told from the point of view of the mother, who is struggling to get her son to come out of the closet, get her husband to accept their son for who he is -- and navigate this brave new world her family has moved to. It's a suburban satire with a twist, and some real truisms about life in the carpool lane. There is also a nice storyline between the father and son as they settle into a relationship that accepts the other for who he is. And there's an interesting racial dynamic played out as the family is the only one in the neighborhood with a white mother and African-American father.
I also found there to be an interesting social commentary on our national insatiability for infotainment and drama. When Logan's story became national news, thanks to a Bill O'Reilly wannabe, a feedy frenzy ensues. The lengths these reporters go to get the story are hilarious -- and at the same time, utterly pathetic.
At first I thought Logan may be portrayed as too much of a stereotypical queen, but later realized that's who he need to be in order to be noticed and ostracized. There are gay characters who "can pass" as straight as they say. There's a San Francisco 49 and a kid who later comes out, much to everyone's surprise. So for every swishy gay character, there are others who are just regular Joes who happen to be gay. I think the author struck a nice balance in an area where she could've gotten herself into some hot water.
I have read Coburn's other novels and have enjoyed them thoroughly but I think this has been my favorite so far. A sweet and easy read that will give your book group -- especially if they're moms -- PUH-LENTY to chew on.
I give this book five Thin Mints!
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Brownie Points edition by Jennifer Coburn Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This one was an amusing, light hearted book about a usually serious subject. A young teenage boy is easily recognized as gay by his mother, but his father thinks he's too young to know his sexual orientation yet. The family has just moved from San Francisco to a suburb where dad has taken a new job as fire chief. Dad is black, mom is white and an artist doing avant-garde type sculptures. She can't stand the suburban lifestyle. The son begins to attend his sister's Girl Scout meetings where the girls love him & he's in his element, enjoying the craft projects and finding a safe refuge from the boys who have been bullying him at school. It's truly amazing how everything works out for teenage boys coming out of the closet without any of the emotional angst one would expect & to find that this particular suburb is absolutely filled with accepting, loving people where everything turns out hunky dory in the end.
Lisa and her family moved from San Francisco to the suburban town of Los Corderos, so his husband, an African-American, can be the new fire chief. Lisa is white, and they are the only interracial family in town. She's a sculptor... and their 13-yr-old son Logan is gay. When Logan was bullied in school, he found an unusual refuge the local girl scouts. When the Girl Scouts refused his admission, he sued, and that ignited a media firestorm... as people who have no idea what they're talking about started taking sides... which causes problems in town. The macho father fire chief is having problems accepting his son is gay... and Lisa is having problems fitting in with the local moms who seem to be waging cold war on each other for sleeping with each other's husbands while being perfectly "friendly" in town...
Not a romance per se, it's more of "adventures of a suburban mom" with a lot of quirky family life, and dystopic moments.
This isn't my usual kind of book, my fiction reading is almost exclusively crime and suspense, so don't quite know how to characterize it. Chic Lit? If so, I guess I have been missing something; it was a delightful read. Another reviewer used the word quirky and I have to agree, but I have known a few families like Lisa's which is, perhaps, why I was so taken by the book.
The story line was fun and the characters engaging. I was particularly taken with Maya who reminded me of my daughter and son; both respectful smart asses to the core.
I'm not particularly given to explaining plots in reviews - why take the fun out of reading it. Suffice it to say, Coburn in a good writer, the book is remarkably error free (except for once using site rather than sight) and it moves along quickly. I don't agree with other reviewers who said it got off to a slow start, if anything, it seemed a little rushed at the end. On the downside, there were so many women of Utopia, their children, and an occasional husband parading through Lisa's life I had a lot of trouble keeping track of them. Losing track however didn't more than marginally detract from my enjoyment of the book.
Brownie Points is a thoughtfully written book about a family of four who move from a free-style inner city home to an upscale gated suburban tract home where only half of the family acclimates well. The characters throughout are interesting and varied, the plot well reasoned and the writing clear without typos to break the flow. I found the book to have humor and good will throughout, although it is not comedic. It wasn't all that relevant to my life, but I still found it interesting and well worth reading.
Brownie Points is a light, adult comedy about a boy who wants to join the Girl Scouts after he finds acceptance at his sister's troop meeting. He's had a rough start at his new school. You see, 13-year-old Logan Taylor is queer as folk and, sadly, gets bullied by his male classmates. He even gets beaten up on his first day at school. The boy is a lot like Kurt from Glee - sweet, creative and unquestionably gay. His mother, Lisa seems quite accepting of her son's sexual orientation. The father is a different story.
There are several layers to this story, which is often funny and sometimes touching. It is told from the point of view of the mother, who is struggling to get her son to come out of the closet, get her husband to accept their son for who he is -- and navigate this brave new world her family has moved to. It's a suburban satire with a twist, and some real truisms about life in the carpool lane. There is also a nice storyline between the father and son as they settle into a relationship that accepts the other for who he is. And there's an interesting racial dynamic played out as the family is the only one in the neighborhood with a white mother and African-American father.
I also found there to be an interesting social commentary on our national insatiability for infotainment and drama. When Logan's story became national news, thanks to a Bill O'Reilly wannabe, a feedy frenzy ensues. The lengths these reporters go to get the story are hilarious -- and at the same time, utterly pathetic.
At first I thought Logan may be portrayed as too much of a stereotypical queen, but later realized that's who he need to be in order to be noticed and ostracized. There are gay characters who "can pass" as straight as they say. There's a San Francisco 49 and a kid who later comes out, much to everyone's surprise. So for every swishy gay character, there are others who are just regular Joes who happen to be gay. I think the author struck a nice balance in an area where she could've gotten herself into some hot water.
I have read Coburn's other novels and have enjoyed them thoroughly but I think this has been my favorite so far. A sweet and easy read that will give your book group -- especially if they're moms -- PUH-LENTY to chew on.
I give this book five Thin Mints!
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