A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity - Hardcover

"Jane Austen lives!" - Mary Jo Putney, "New York Times" bestselling author of "River"" Of ""Fire"" Insightful and entertaining!" - Susan Elizabeth Phillips, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Match Me If You Can"" Heart-wrenching, funny." - Karen Quinn, author of "The Ivy Chronicles"

Lydia Meadows, a former lawyer turned full-time mother, is startled to learn that her daughter, Erin, is in the middle school's popular crowd, a tight foursome whose mothers are also great friends. Then, a new student ruthlessly targets Erin to boost her own popularity, and Lydia has to watch as her daughter's phone stops ringing. But, what's even more unexpected is how this turn of events affects the mothers - the grown women who should know better. Have they turned their focus and drive from their careers to an obsession with the social lives of their pre-teen daughters?