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“Delightful . . . Hilarious, cringe-worthy, and all too relevant. I ate this book up like a box of candy; you will too.” –Tara Conklin, author of The Last Romantics
All’s fair in love and kindergarten admissions.
At thirty-nine, Josie Bordelon’s modeling career as the “it” black beauty of the ’90s is far behind her. Now director of admissions at San Francisco’s most sought after private school, she’s chic, single, and determined to keep her seventeen-year-old daughter, Etta, from making the same mistakes she did.
But Etta has plans of her own–and their beloved matriarch, Aunt Viv, has Etta’s back. If only Josie could manage Etta’s future as well as she manages the shenanigans of the over-anxious, over-eager parents at school–or her best friend’s attempts to coax Josie out of her sex sabbatical and back onto the dating scene.
As admissions season heats up, Josie discovers that when it comes to matters of the heart–and the office–the biggest surprises lie closest to home.
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WOW!! Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, authors of “Tiny Imperfections” have written a witty, humourous, entertaining, captivating, and delightful novel. The timeline for the story is set in the authors’ present and goes to the past when it pertains to the characters and events in the story. The story takes place mostly in an affluent Private school in San Franciso but also takes place in New York. The colorful cast of characters is just perfectly flawed, mostly likable, quirky, and comical.
Josie Bordelon is a 39-year-old Black administrator of an elite private school, where affluent parents try as early and hard as they can to get their Kindergarten children to be accepted. Each parent sends in proof of travel, languages, and scholastic skills of their children. The admission process is very selective and competitive, and their acceptance is not guaranteed for everyone. Some of the email and test communications between Josie and the parents are hysterical.
Josie’s Aunt Viv has been the head cook for fifty years and has brought up Josie. Josie now has a daughter Etta, that is going to apply to colleges. Etta has her heart on Juilliard in New York City. Josie does not want Etta to repeat the mistakes Josie made when she was in New York.
I love the way the authors vividly describe the parents, the Supervisors, and the scenery. I also appreciate that the authors discuss the importance of a diverse population, the importance of family, and friends, mothers and daughters, love, hope and dreams.
I would highly recommend this book to many of my teacher friends, and readers that enjoy an entertaining, yet thought-provoking novel.
I LOVED this book and was so sad to turn the last page. I didn’t want it to end. Tiny Imperfections is a glimpse into the life at an upscale elementary school and all the naughty ways that parents try to sway the admissions director. The characters are entertaining and unique. If you enjoyed Sex and the City or The Devil Wears Prada, this book is for you!
Loved it–can’t wait for the next one!!
Tiny Imperfections by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans is such a sweet, funny, and endearing novel! I loved so many of the characters, and I found myself laughing out loud almost nonstop. Overall it was a pretty light read so this will be perfect if you are looking for something to make you laugh, and I would consider it to be a nice beach read since it’s quick as well. I knew the direction it was headed as far as the romance part, but that didn’t stop me from loving it. Tiny Imperfections ended up being heavy on mother-daughter bonds and relationships with family, and I always love when authors write about those two things.
Tiny Imperfections is also a debut from a female writing duo and I really loved that. There was a great Q&A with Frank and Youmans at the back of the book that you don’t want to miss! I listened to the audio but followed along in the book, and the narrator was FANTASTIC. I could have easily read the book quickly, but Bahni Turpin did such a great job with the audio that I didn’t want to stop listening to her. The Q&A wasn’t included in it though, so I would highly recommend having a physical copy as well so you can get that if you love Q&As as much as I do.
Josie has got to be one of my favorite characters ever, and I would love to see more about the Bordelon family, especially after the ending of Tiny Imperfections. So, Frank and Youmans PLEASE turn this into a series (or at least a sequel). I loved the school setting as well and even though I’m not a parent I still felt very connected to the book and the characters. The inclusion of texts and emails was a nice touch as well and it added some nice texture to the book. After this lovely debut I will definitely be reading anything this duo writes, and I can’t wait to read their next book no matter what it is!
Thank you to the publisher for my advance review copy via Edelweiss. All opinions and thoughts are my own.
I loved this book, listened to as an audiobook. Few books make me laugh out loud as this one did. For me, a perfect and entertaining take on high-end private schools and the characters who inhabit that world.
The story is centered around Josie Bordelon who works at a prestigious school in San Francisco as the director of admissions. She navigates this very well until it is her turn with her seventeen year old daughter getting ready for college admissions. I enjoyed this book a lot for the humor, fun read and entertaining elements I really enjoyed. This is a debut novel by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans and thought they really did a great job on this book. It was highly entertaining, funny, smart and sweet.
Josie Bordelon is the director of admissions at the prestigious Fairchild Country Day School in San Francisco. She is gearing up for the next set of applications and her days are filled with eager parents wanting to enroll their children and schedule interviews. Josie is a pro at managing expectations having attended the school herself and is all too familiar with the landscape of the community.
Josie is currently experiencing a role reversal as she navigates the college admissions process with her seventeen-year-old daughter. She raised Etta with the help of her Aunt Viv and there are strong disagreements among the three about the best choices. Josie would like her daughter to avoid the mistakes that she made in her life and is overly involved in the process. Together they must find a balance while allowing Etta the chance to make her own decisions.
Tiny Imperfections is a debut novel by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans. This book brings readers inside the admissions process while you experience the protagonist’s inner thoughts. The results are humorous with cheeky commentary as Josie vents about parents and the school’s administration. There is also a lot of love between the pages as Josie explores the relationship with her daughter while plotting her future.