Beth Maller returns to her job as a high school guidance counselor shortly after her teenage son, Danny, is killed in a car accident. Beth didnt want Danny to drive that snowy night, but her husband insisted the roads were safe. Beth blames him for Dannys death, and she blames herself for allowing fear of confrontation to paralyze her. Now back at work, Beth rails against the everyday injustices she had overlooked until her world cracked open. Her new circumstances cause Beth to become a major player in the moral battles being waged at Meadow Brook Highwhere homophobia snakes through the halls, administrators cling to dont-rock-the-boat policies, and mean girls practice bullying as if it were a sport. While Beth struggles to find her new normal, she learns to speak out, risking her career, her marriage, and the very life shes learned to embrace.
Dannys Mom illustrates what really goes on behind the closed doors of our schools, from the perspective of the adults who are charged with keeping our children safe. It is a powerful novel that will appeal to all readers, especially mothers, the millions of adults who work in our schools, and the LGBTQ community.
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