Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter

January 15, 2008 by Christina

Fiction — print. 5-Spot, 2007. 423 pgs. Library copy. Marta Zinsser, a transplant from New York City, clearly does not fit in with the fellow mothers of the wealthy Seattle suburb she and her ten-year-old daughter relocated to, but she’s perfectly fine with that fact. Her daughter, on the other hand, abhors the fact that her mother doesn’t wear sweater sheets, drives a Harley, and therefore doesn’t fit in. I selected Porter’s novel because of the bright colors on the […]

Categories: 2008 Reads, Fiction, North America, Pacific Northwest, United States • Tags: Jane Porter