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Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
Subjects
Assistant school principals -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
Promotions -- Fiction.
Ambition -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
New Jersey -- Fiction.
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Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
Assistant school principals -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
Promotions -- Fiction.
Ambition -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
New Jersey -- Fiction.
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Tracy
Flick
can
't
win
: a novel / Tom Perrotta.
by
Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
Scribner, 2022.
Call #:
FICTION PER
Subjects
Assistant school principals -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
Promotions -- Fiction.
Ambition -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
New Jersey -- Fiction.
Series
Perrota, Tom, 1961-
Tracy
Flick
series ; 2.
ISBN:
9781501144066 (hc)
Alternate title:
Tracy
Flick
can
not
win
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Description:
259 p. ; 24 cm.
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."--Publisher.
Genre:
Humorous fiction.
Satire.
Literary fiction.
Holds:
1
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