Sandra Tsing Loh

Powell's City of Books Stage

Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting! (Random House)

Join us for a special Los Feliz Mom Club's MOMS Night Out with Sandra Tsing Loh and the Burning Moms! (note: event begins at 7pm, rather than our more usual 7:30)

Are you an LA mom FREAKING OUT about where to send ... (more)your kids to school (La Canada, Portland, Mars)? Good news: Sandra Tsing Loh has ALREADY FREAKED OUT FOR YOU (she wrote the book about LA school freakouts, the brand new "Mother on Fire"). She and her "Martinis and Magnets" Burning Moms will be joining the Los Feliz Moms to laugh, cry, share, commiserate, and oh-so-candidly answer all your burning questions. With amusing LA school-themed raffle prizes, it's Back to School with a twist!

(Of course, you don't have to be a mom to participate in and appreciate the fun of this event.

(photo: Tatjana Loh)

"No matter what you do, at age forty ... The Wheels Come Off!" writes humorist Sandra Tsing Loh, who is here and making a welcome return for her newest, Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting! (Crown), originally a hit, one-woman comedy performance. A familiar voice from National Public ... (more)Radio (once fired for accidentally using the F word while on the air) and from her articles in Atlantic Monthly and The Washington Post, Sandra Loh's take on finding a school for her kindergartner and transforming herself into a community activist is both smart and hilarious.

Loh, a humorist & radio commentator, was living an idyllic life until her oldest daughter reached kindergarten age and was “doomed” to attend public school. This event sparked her “year of fire” as she frantically tried to find a reasonably-priced private school, got fired from her radio ... (more)gig, and finally kicked her therapist to the curb. Her transformation from manic mom to community activist with a sense of humor as well as a heart is inspiring, illuminating and gut-bustingly funny. This is a ticketed event. A free ticket is available with purchase of Mother on Fire. Tickets without the purchase of a book will be available at Vroman’s main store before the event for $5.00.