The Gifted School

Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago.

Zusatztext "A page-turning meditation on what it means to be gifted and how far parents will go to prove it."NPR "[A] timely and relevant read for the summer." Oprahmag.com "Holsinger's sharp observation, knack for dialogue, acerbic social commentary and droll descriptive gifts all add up to a heady brew. As the adults scheme intently and their beleaguered children act out their frustrations, The Gifted School becomes a sharp, skeptical primer on how things stand in 2010s America where everyone is desperate to get their slice of an ever-shrinking economic pie." The Boston Globe "A surprisingly hopeful novel. There's a sweetness to its resolution, a satisfying possibility that no matter what monsters we parents are at times, we can still graduate to something better."Ron Charles, The Washington Post "Holsinger renders his helicopter moms and soccer dads so precisely that one understands their motivations, even feels their longing and pride. . . [ The Gifted School ] exposes how easily a mix of good intentions, self-delusions, and minor sins can escalate into the kind of skullduggery that might prompt an F.B.I. sting." The New Yorker "Clever and au courant. . . top of the syllabus for book clubs." People "Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class. . . .The book goes down as easy as a gin and tonic on a summer day, but the takeaway is damning. In their quest to give their offspring the best, these parents have committed, as one member of the group realizes too late, 'a collective crime against childhood.."J. Courtney Sullivan in The New York Times "A thoughtful, engaging examination of a subject torn from the headlines: how parents succumb to a kind of temporary insanity as they jockey for position, status, and prestigefor their children and for themselves. Recommended for parents and for fans of literary fiction." Library Journal "Reading this is way more fun than taking a standardized test, trust me."Popsugar " The Gifted School is not only a book to add to your list this summer for pure entertainment, but because it skewers the intense, high-stakes culture of parenting prevalent in so many suburbs and in the upper echelons." Real Simple "Like Big Little Lies with standardized testing, this addictive novel digs hard into the culture of striving parents and anxious children, exploring privilege, competition and the elusiveness of happiness. A deeply pleasurable read." - Meg Wolitzer, New York Times- bestselling author of The Female Persuasion "Bright, and expertly observed." Town & Country "A (hilariously) timely book explores the lengths to which privileged parents will go to get their kids a top education." New York Post "Reminiscent of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies , The Gifted School is a story of trouble in paradise with timely commentary on hyper-parenting and the lengths to which parents will go to ensure that their kids remain 'exceptional. BookPage "An insular epic that questions the notion of meritocracy, the hypocrisy of white liberalism, and the politics that trickle from the adult world down to their children." The Paris Review "Addictive, whip-smart, acutely observed and sharply funny, The Gifted School trains its lens on a community where a talented child is a social commodity and asks how far some families might be willing to go in pursuit of status. A delicious read." Gilly Macmillan, New York Times- bestselling author of What She Knew "I LOVED THIS NOVEL. Pitch perfect, ...

"A page-turning meditation on what it means to be gifted — and how far parents will go to prove it."—NPR

"[A] timely and relevant read for the summer." –Oprahmag.com

"Holsinger’s sharp observation, knack for dialogue, acerbic social commentary and droll descriptive gifts all add up to a heady brew. As the adults scheme intently and their beleaguered children act out their frustrations, The Gifted School becomes a sharp, skeptical primer on how things stand in 2010s America where everyone is desperate to get their slice of an ever-shrinking economic pie."—The Boston Globe

"A surprisingly hopeful novel. There’s a sweetness to its resolution, a satisfying possibility that no matter what monsters we parents are at times, we can still graduate to something better."—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
 
"Holsinger renders his helicopter moms and soccer dads so precisely that one understands their motivations, even feels their longing and pride. . . [The Gifted School] exposes how easily a mix of good intentions, self-delusions, and minor sins can escalate into the kind of skullduggery that might prompt an F.B.I. sting."—*The New Yorker

• "Clever and au courant. . . top of the syllabus for book clubs."—People *

  "Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class. . . .The book goes down as easy as a gin and tonic on a summer day, but the takeaway is damning. In their quest to give their offspring the best, these parents have committed, as one member of the group realizes too late, 'a collective crime against childhood.."—J. Courtney Sullivan in The New York Times

• "A thoughtful, engaging examination of a subject torn from the headlines: how parents succumb to a kind of temporary insanity as they jockey for position, status, and prestige—for their children and for themselves. Recommended for parents and for fans of literary fiction."—Library Journal
   
  "Reading this is way more fun than taking a standardized test, trust me."—Popsugar

  "The Gifted School is not only a book to add to your list this summer for pure entertainment, but because it skewers the intense, high-stakes culture of parenting prevalent in so many suburbs and in the upper echelons." – Real Simple
   
  "Like Big Little Lies with standardized testing, this addictive novel digs hard into the culture of striving parents and anxious children, exploring privilege, competition and the elusiveness of happiness. A deeply pleasurable read." - Meg Wolitzer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Female Persuasion

  "Bright, and expertly observed." – Town & Country
   
  "A (hilariously) timely book explores the lengths to which privileged parents will go to get their kids a top education."—New York Post
   
  "Reminiscent of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, The Gifted School is a story of trouble in paradise with timely commentary on hyper-parenting and the lengths to which parents will go to ensure that their kids remain ‘exceptional.” – BookPage
   
  "An insular epic that questions the notion of meritocracy, the hypocrisy of white liberalism, and the politics that trickle from the adult world down to their children." –The Paris Review

  "Addictive, whip-smart, acutely observed and sharply funny, The Gifted School trains its lens on a community where a talented child is a social commodity and asks how far some families might be willing to go in pursuit of status. A delicious read." – Gilly Macmillan, New York Times-bestselling author of What She Knew

  "I LOVED THIS NOVEL. Pitch perfect, razor sharp, compulsively…