02448cam a2200349 i 4500 1110391183 TxGeo 20240104120000.0 230922s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781662512001 hbk. 1662512007 hbk. (OCoLC)1400940218 TxGeo rda Lancaster, Jen, 1967-, author. Housemoms : a novel / Jen Lancaster. House moms. First edition. Seattle, WA : Little A, 2023. 252 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "How fast can charity fundraiser CeCe Barclay's unimpeachable society life come tumbling down? One minute she's speaking before Chicago's glitterati. The next, her financier husband is wanted for embezzlement. Her assets seized and her fall mortifyingly public, CeCe grasps for refuge--and employment--as a sorority housemom at Eli Whitney University, her daughter Hayden's alma mater. Tasked with preparing a stately--but in CeCe's estimation shabby--house for rush, CeCe isn't the only one navigating a new life. Janelle Smith's last experience as a housemother was at a Jersey strip club, where she witnessed a mob hit. To keep her safe until trial, WITSEC finds her a new identity and a housemom position on Eli Whitney's sorority row, where Janelle's conflict mediation and tolerance for high estrogen levels make her a star employee. For Hayden, a barista at a hopelessly hip off-campus cǎf, the goal is to flee everything Barclay: the money, the scandals, and the exasperating family nonsense. What next? Though CeCe's not ready to sell her Chanel bag, she's open to reinvention. Hayden might even admit she needs help in her new independent life. And Janelle's due for a personal triumph. But big challenges loom between the alabaster columns of Eli Whitney, unexpected and dicey enough to bring them all together--if only to keep them from falling completely apart." -- Front jacket flap. 20240816. Housemothers Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Greek letter societies Fiction. Witnesses Protection Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Humorous fiction. QS5