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Life with a 'momfluencer': YA novel takes on social media oversharing

Elissa Brent Weissman's latest young adult novel about two teens and their 'momfluencer' moms. Photo: provided by author
Elissa Brent Weissman's latest young adult novel about two teens and their 'momfluencer' moms. Photo: provided by author

Picture this. You’re in middle school, dealing with all the issues that beset middle-school kids: will anyone in your new class like you? What if the cool kids are mean to you or someone you like? Will you stand up for them? What are you good at-- and what if the cool kids don’t think that’s cool?
On top of that, imagine that your mother is a “momfluencer” -- an influencer with thousands of followers on social media, who can’t get enough of her take on raising a family. She posts things about you and your siblings for the world to read--and some of those posts are not what you want people to know about you. That’s the premise of the new young-adult novel 'So Over Sharing,' by Elissa Brent Weissman — we get a preview.

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'