Jamie is a twelve-year-old who has been labeled highly gifted. Good
news, right? Except with it comes a cross-county car trip...with
his ultra-obsessed dad...his annoying little sister...and a wacky
educational consultant his dad has hired. Jamie could suggest
better ways to spend his summer, and to live his life, if only
someone would listen. But his dad, Doug, can't hear above the loud
voices demanding nothing but the best for his son. Doug will do
anything to give Jamie the leg up he needs to compete in a vicious
world and get into an Ivy League school. Michael Reilly's
hysterical road-trip in search of achievement is a wide-eyed satire
about the pressures of modern parenthood. As they set out on the
trip to San Francisco, where Jamie will attend a summer program for
gifted youth, Doug's enthusiasm and hyperkinetic desire to enrich
Jamie at every turn leads to hilarious complications and
enlightening predicaments. A riotous portrayal of a father
desperate to have the promise of his youth fulfilled through the
life of his son, Doug's journey is not unlike that of many parents
in modern-day America. With good grades, extracurricular
activities, and solid SATs no longer the benchmark for entrance
into top colleges, the pressure and stress of giving children the
best opportunities for success can often lead to misplaced
motivations. Accurately depicting the push-pull of parenthood and
childhood and the need for adults to understand the voices of their
children, Fresh Heir is a laugh-out-loud journey of self-discovery.
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