Mean Moms

“Emma Rosenblum has become the queen of reads about wealthy East Coast women behaving badly, and her latest is no exception…It’s silly and salacious, and it contained some twists at the end that were genuinely juicy.” —GlamourMeet Frost, Morgan, and Belle—a wealthy, gorgeous group of New York City moms, the queen bees of downtown Manhattan. Their children attend Atherton Academy, the top private school in the city, and their social lives revolve around elaborate themed parties. On the first day of school, the arrival of a new mom and mysterious beauty from Miami, Sofia, shakes up their world. When Sofia quickly integrates herself into their clique, inexplicably bad things start to happen to the women. Is someone at school out to get them?

"Delicious...[An] addictive thriller of manners...[Rosenblum is] a keen observer of small, telling details." --New York Times"A novel of family and romantic foibles, with a murder mystery thrown in to boot--juicy in more ways than one." --Vogue.com"A smart, slyly observed take on power and privilege."--Town & Country"Come for the twisted murder mystery and stay for the guaranteed drama amongst the group." --ELLE"The Real Housewives has nothing on all these families' personal drama." --Cosmopolitan"A delicious, dishy trip of a novel." --Bustle

"A heck of a beach read." --Kirkus (starred review)

"Rosenblum is a master of understated social satire, and her gift for capturing human follies and the dark, emotional depth of her characters through artfully rendered details make Bad Summer People a seriously compulsive read." --Shelf Awareness