Notes From The Underbelly - Softcover

Green, Risa

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9780451214164: Notes From The Underbelly
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0451214161 ISBN 13: 9780451214164
Publisher: NAL, 2005

Synopsis

A guidance counselor at an elite Bel Air high school filled with spoiled and bratty kids, Lara Stone is definitely not ready for children of her own when she suddenly finds herself a cranky, non-glowing mother-to-be dealing with all the challenges of pregnancy, a situation that is further complicated when she is given the task of getting the outcast daughter of a famous movie director into a competitive college. A first novel. Original.

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About the Author

Risa Green grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia and graduated from both the University of Pennsylvania and The Georgetown University Law Center. She has worked as a corporate finance attorney and, more recently, as a college counselor at a private day school. She currently resides with her husband, their daughter, and their dog. This is her first novel.

Reviews

Lara Stone is a college counselor at a ritzy L.A. prep school, and her experience with kids hasn't engendered much desire to have her own. But when her friend Julie announces she is expecting, Lara's husband says he is ready to hear the pitter-patter of little feet. Shortly thereafter, Lara finds herself reluctantly pregnant and entirely unprepared for the changes her body is going through. She ponders the horror of getting even "fatter" than the time in law school when she "ballooned" up to a size eight. Then she figures out that pregnancy means shopping and engages in some serious retail therapy. Meanwhile, a deal Laura made with her boss is hanging overhead: help get the daughter of a famed Hollywood director into NYU, and she'll be allowed to work part-time during her baby's first year. The relationship that Lara develops with the director's daughter is nuanced and actually quite touching, and much of the comedy hits the mark, but many pregnant women will find themselves unable to stomach the omigod-I'm-so-fat prattle spewing from Lara and her image-conscious L.A. friends. Beth Leistensnider
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Publisher
NAL
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0451214161
ISBN 13 
9780451214164
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
293
Rating
  • 3.72 out of 5 stars
    952 ratings by Goodreads