Diary of a Sorority House Mom Summary
In chapters one through 27 of the novel, Diary of a Sorority House Mom, the author, Ann Hyman writes about her experience being in a sorority and years later being a sorority house mom. Ann loved having her daughters friends over and loved to take care of them while they were there. Ann decided to be a sorority mom because she loved girls a lot and wanted to help out at a school. Ann loved being in a sorority as a college student and wanted to get back into the lives of a teenage girl. Ann has many jobs in the sorority like: keeping the house clean, making sure the girls follow all the rules, she makes sure there is enough supplies, like food, for the girls, and she was in charge for everything the girls did inside the house. Ann informs all of the girls about the rules she is making to the house and implies that every girl should follow them if they do not want to get in trouble. Claudia, one of the girls in the sorority, and Ann were separating produce for storage when they saw grey fog rising from underneath them. There was already a fire in the house and Ann had not even been in that house for long. Ann got all of the girls out of the house and the fire departament made their way over to take out the breaker box fire. Ann helped with recruitement to bring more girls into the sorority and led tours throughout the house. Many girls asked Ann about the rules and the consequences in the house and they all were very curious as to what sorority house life was like. Ann addresses many times that she is very concerned with the girls safety. Twenty eight new members were accepted into the sorority and a big recruitment party was held in the house. After recruitment was over, a bunch of the sorority house moms went out for a drink and had a good time talking about each of their sororities. Later, Ann and her sorority had their first formal dinner but it did not go as expected. Ann was very suprised when the girl's showed up in genes instead of dresses. The girls all decided to throw a huge party at the house and it was a complete nightmare for Ann. She ended up staying up the entire night trying to fix the house up before the morning. Later in these chapters, the girls all have initiation which was a formal ceremony where girls cross over into full sisterhood and symbolically recieve their sorority pins. Thanksgiving came along and all of the Sorority houses were coming to a close on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Students were not allowed to stay in the houses but Ann let them stay and cooked them all a nice Thanksgiving dinner. Ann was having problems with the Executive Chef because the food was not great and he would always come in late after doing his own personal things. She asked him to leave and he turned in his keys on Friday after dinner service. Finally, all of the girls started to finish their finals before Christmas break and were making their way out of their house and onto vacation. Ann was in charge of checking the girls out of the house and making sure they were all on the right track in order to get to the place where they were going. Ann finished making sure the girls were all settled and implied that she needed a break of her own.
