| Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler: A Memoir | 
 enlarge | Author: Wade Rouse
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 325595
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0307382710
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780307382719
ASIN: 0307382710
Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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At an elite prep school, the devil wears Lilly Pulitzer pink.
When Wade Rouse, who grew up more Hee-Haw than Dynasty, was hired as the director of publicity at the prestigious Tate Academy, he quickly discovered his real job: to make the very pretty, very rich, very mean mommies of the elite students very happy.
Enter Wade’s VIP volunteer and perfectly coiffed nightmare, former beauty queen and sports star Katherine Isabelle Ludington—Kitsy to her friends. In between designing Louis Vuitton–inspired reunion invitations, dressing as Ronald Reagan for Halloween, and surviving surprise Botox parties, Wade tries to tame Kitsy and her pink Lilly Pulitzer–clad posse while retaining a shred of self-esteem.
Following a year in the life of the super rich and super spoiled, Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler is hilarious, heartbreaking, and deliciously catty.
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 Even funnier if you're from St. Louis September 20, 2008
Wade Rouse's second memoir is extremely amusing for anyone who has seen prep school from either the in or out crowds' perspectives. I suspect that most premier prep schools have their share of the Mean Mommies mocked in this memoir. That said, those from the St. Louis area will find this especially entertaining.
Following its publication, Rouse conducted a number of interviews. He refused to confirm or deny that Tate Academy was inspired by the years he spent as Director of Communications at a toney local prep school. If you want to identify the school, the information can be googled, but I don't want to spoil the fun. Local press interviews with graduates and staff at the school indicated that they all understood what school was being discussed. St. Louis natives who answer the "which high school" question will doubtless enjoy trying to identify the country club and some of the characters. Rouse stated that every hilarious incident, including when a 90+ year old alum chugged whiskey and pushed him down a staircase during a school event, was based on an actual experience. For those of you from the hallowed halls of Tate, you may find his catty digs cut a little close to the bone. It all depends which crowd you were in and how seriously you took it all.
 Love This Book!!!!! August 25, 2008
This is a great book. I was so sad when it was over. You feel like you are friends with the author. I can't wait for the next book.
Another Great Book! February 28, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Wade Rouse is a fantastic author and this book is a great example of his work. Funny and heartbreaking all at the same time, Wade sure knows how to tell a story. I plan to read everything this superb author writes.
 "The Devil Goes to Tate" February 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Enjoyed the book, read it in two settings, but felt like I'd read it before even though I had not. The style, language and tone of the book reads like "The Devil Wears Prada" and many other satire type memoirs that have recently flooded into bookstores and libraries. Although Wade's opinion of the prep school life is on the mark, his attitude is a bit annoying. I couldn't help but feel he had a bit of contempt not only for the mommy bullies at Tate, but also for women in general. Maybe I'm wrong. I hope I am.
Entertaining But November 27, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
What seemed like a gossipy insider premise fell a bit flat as a memoir. The personal narrative didn't work effectively and the premise itself would have worked better if jazzed up as fiction.
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