Longtime talk show host Kelly Ripa and her longtime morning show executive producer Michael Gelman were out after hours last week celebrating author Laurie Gelman and the launch of her book, Class Mom: A Novel, at Loi Estiatorio.
Attendees enjoying cocktails and hors doeuvres included Laurie Gelman and hubby Michael Gelman along with their daughters Jamie and Misha, Kelly Ripa, Regis and Joy Philbin, Maria Loi, Dan Abrams, Rosanna Scotto, David Muir, Bryant Gumbel and Hilary Quinlan, Elizabeth Vargas, Peggy Siegel, David Mullen, Carol Cooper, Mark Simone and Richard Kind.
Relatable, irreverent, and hilarious in the spirit of Maria Semple, Class Mom is a fresh, welcome voice in fiction – the kind of novel that real moms clamor for, and a vicarious thrill-read for all parents, who will be laughing as they are liberated by Gelman’s acerbic truths.