{"title":"Elise Bryant","description":"Elise Bryant is the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters, One True Loves, Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling, and It's Elementary. For many years, Elise had the joy of working as a special education teacher, and now she spends her days reading, writing, and eating dessert. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Long Beach, California. You can visit her online at www.elisebryant.com.","products":[{"product_id":"the-game-is-afoot-paperback","title":"The Game Is Afoot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clever and hilarious new mystery about a mother who thinks she has to do it all--even solve a murder--from the author of \u003ci\u003eIt's Elementary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter rage quitting her job, Mavis finally has time to get all the rest she's been putting off. Or she should have the time. Hypothetically. 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Or the fact that she's unemployed and totally lost as to what her purpose and path in life should be. And then there's her ex-husband who's back in town and doing everything she's ever wanted, just as she's beginning a new relationship. Mavis knows a murder investigation probably isn't the self-care she needs right now. 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So no one is more surprised than Mavis when she caves to Trisha Holbrook, the long-reigning, slightly terrifying PTA president, and finds herself in charge of the school's brand-new DEI committee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of the few Black parents at this California elementary school, Mavis \u003ci\u003etries\u003c\/i\u003e to convince herself this is an opportunity for real change. But things go off the rails at the very first meeting, when the new principal's plans leave Trisha absolutely \u003ci\u003efurious\u003c\/i\u003e. Later that night, when Mavis spies Trisha in yellow rubber gloves and booties, lugging cleaning supplies and giant black trash bags to her waiting minivan, it's only natural that her mind jumps to somewhere it surely wouldn't in the light of day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept Principal Smith fails to show up for work the next morning, and has been MIA since the meeting. Determined to get to the bottom of things, Mavis, along with the school psychologist with the great forearms (look, it's worth noting), launches an investigation that will challenge her views on parenting, friendship, and elementary school politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly written, \u003ci\u003eIt's Elementary \u003c\/i\u003eis a quick-witted, escapist romp that perfectly captures just how far parents will go to give their kids the very best, all wrapped in a mystery that will leave you guessing to the very end.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104083382495,"sku":"9780593640784","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Uq1aMwzdbX9780593640784.webp?v=1781100003"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/elise-bryant.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}