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Tracy Flick can't win : a novel / Tom Perrotta.

Summary:
"Tracy Flick is back and, once again, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta's Election-and Reese Witherspoon's character from the classic movie adaptation-is determined to take high school politics by storm.Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal, Jack Weede, abruptly announces his retirement, creating a rare opportunity for Tracy to ascend to the top job. Energized by the prospect of her long-overdue promotion, Tracy throws herself into her work with renewed zeal, determined to prove her worth to the students, faculty, and School Board, while also managing her personal life-a ten-year-old daughter, a needy doctor boyfriend, and a burgeoning meditation practice. But nothing ever comes easily to Tracy Flick, no matter how diligent or qualified she happens to be. Among her many other responsibilities, Tracy is enlisted to serve on the Selection Committee for the brand-new Green Meadow High School Hall of Fame. Her male colleagues' determination to honor Vito Falcone-a star quarterback of dubious character who had a brief, undistinguished career in the NFL-triggers bad memories for Tracy, and leads her to troubling reflections about the trajectory of her own life and the forces that have left her feeling thwarted and disappointed, unable to fulfill her true potential. As she broods on the past, Tracy becomes aware of storm clouds brewing in the present. Is she really a shoo-in for the Principal job? Is the Superintendent plotting against her? Why is the School Board President's wife trying so hard to be her friend? And why can't she ever get what she deserves? In classic Perrotta style, Tracy Flick Can't Win is a sharp, darkly comic page-turner, and a pitch-perfect reflection on our current moment. Flick fans and newcomers alike will love this compulsively readable novel chronicling the second act of one of the most memorable characters of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501144066
  • ISBN: 1501144065
  • Physical Description: 259 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2022.
Subject: Assistant school principals > Fiction.
Middle-aged women > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Ambition > Fiction.
Familles.
Genre: Humorous fiction.

Available copies

  • 38 of 39 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 39 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION PERROTT (Text) 50687011780155 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION PERROTT (Text) 50686016178571 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F PER (Text) 37268003136819 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Per (Text) 00155197 ADULT Fiction Available -
Ashland Public Library FIC PER (Text) 30399000363430 Fiction Available -
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Carbondale Public Library FICTION PERROTT (Text) 50688010818798 Adult Fiction Available -
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Dalton Community Library FICTION PERROTT (Text) 50689010454154 Adult Fiction Available -


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