The Struggle: Mom and the Summertime Blues - Couverture souple

The story of four sisters-Diamond, Shelia, Crystal, and Felicity who dread their summer break because of their mom. A timely and hilarious read told through the eyes and voice of adolescent authors about their perspective of Mom's summertime "fun". Young readers will empathize with the youthful perspective of parents and “their ways”. Parents will enjoy reading about the feelings of the four girls in the story, nodding in agreement from the beginning to the end. The entire family will enjoy this book. Instead of those great summer trips and long lazy days of summer, the four sisters complain about having to eat healthy and exercise, do homework and chores, and more. Throughout the book the girls tell of important life lessons taught by their parents. These lessons are told in a comical way in this great chapter book.

The authors of the book are from Middle Georgia. The authors consists of a mom and her four daughters. The mom, Patrice Smith, is a second time author, who has previously coauthored a healthy living cookbook. She received a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources and Family Studies from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The four adolescent authors are, Donna Smith age 14, Shannon Smith age 13, Charity Smith age 11, and Faith Smith age 10. They are all very active, school- aged girls with a variety of interests which include reading, drawing, singing, art and more. The inspiration for the book came from their real life mom’s summer writing assignment. This book is inspired by their real life, but it is a work of fiction. Be on the lookout for future works by these talented authors.