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

Perrotta, Tom, 1961-(author.).

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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Status
Abington Community Library	FICTION PERROTT (Text)	50687011780155	Stacks	Checked Out

Albright Memorial Library	FICTION PERROTT (Text)	50686016178571	Stacks	Checked Out

Carbondale Public Library	FICTION PERROTT (Text)	50688010818798	Stacks	Checked Out

Dalton Community Library	ACQ641409159471 (Text)	ACQ641409159471	Stacks	On Order

Library Express	FICTION PERROTTA (Text)	50686090083879	Browsing	Available

Taylor Community Library	FICTION PERROTT (Text)	50692010969841	Stacks	Checked Out

Valley Community Library	FICTION PERROTTA (Text)	50690090012102	Browsing	Available

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ISBN: 9781501144066
ISBN: 1501144065
Physical Description: 259 pages : 24 cm.
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2022.

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"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. Read More