My Parents Are Sex Maniacs
A High School Horror Story
- 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist
Louise Harrison’s folks are destroying any chance she has of enjoying eleventh grade …
Sixteen-year-old Louise Harrison is insecure about a lot of things—amongst them: her hair, her fashion sense and her “big-boned” build. At least her social status is secure because of her BFF, Sienna Marshall, a certified member of the mega-watt crowd.
But all hell breaks loose when Louise’s brother walks in on their father, Len, and Sienna’s mother, Sunny, in a flagrantly compromising position. Soon after, Len and Sunny move in together.
When Sunny decides to return home to her family, everyone lays blame for the entire fiasco on one guy, and Louise calls him dad. Louise instantly loses her BFF and is ostracized by the “it” girls at school. Just when it appears things couldn’t get worse, Louise’s mom announces she’s pregnant—and the baby’s father is Louise’s math teacher!
Wry and melodramatic, smart and spirited, Louise is a typical girl who just wants to fit in. This fun and upbeat novel will captivate readers as they enter Louise’s wildly topsy-turvy world.
Robyn Harding grew up in Quesnel, a logging town in northern British Columbia. She published her first adult novel, THE JOURNAL OF MORTIFYING MOMENTS, in 2004. Since then, she’s published three more novels: THE SECRET DESIRES OF A SOCCER MOM, UNRAVELLED, and CHRONICLES OF A MIDLIFE CRISIS.
Robyn lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her husband, kids, and a very small, completely frivolous dog named Ozzie.
Reviews:
“... some very funny moments ...”
—School Library Journal, 04/09
“... a wry and whimsical tale of teenage angst.”
—Quill & Quire, 04/09
“Harding gives Louise’s narration a lively balance between the comic and the poignant. Characterization is authentic throughout ...”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, 05/09
“... [Robyn Harding] approaches issues and challenges with a voice filled with teen angst that is tempered by a witty and wry sense of humor.”
—Resource Links, 06/09
“Harding obviously remembers well what it’s like to be a teenager, and she writes with a firm grasp of the adolescent voice.”
—Canadian Children’s Book News, Fall/09
“... filled with witty humour and hilarious moments ... a typical high school girl’s life.”
—Teen reviewer, What If? Magazine, Winter 2009