Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"I'm Too Sexy for My Volvo" is the title of Betty Londergan's first foray into the publishing world. The 200-page book is based on her extensive experiences as a mother, presented with as much humor as honesty.

"I've been just about every kind of mother: unwed, single, married, step, stay-at-home, working," said Londergan, who recently moved to Brookhaven with daughter Lulu and husband Lawrence Schall, the newly installed president of Oglethorpe University. "I could stand on any piece of ground and understand what it was like, and I knew I could be funny about it. I learned some things along the way and figured I'd share them."

It took 10 years, but she finally put the lessons learned raising her ninth-grader into what she describes as "the antidote to the 'you-should, you-must' motherhood guides that are as serious as a heart attack and come with too much guilt." It's also a tribute to Lulu.
"I admit it: I'm an overinvolved mother, and she probably doesn't relish the full brunt of my emotional attachment," Londergan said.

The book was so long in the works that a new series of Volvos, the Volvo S, debuted during the process, casting a bit of a pall over the title, the author said. "The S cars are actually kind of sexy," she said. "Before that, Volvos were the kind of safe transportation you got when you became a mom."

Ironically, it's Londergan's husband who has the Volvo. She drives a Nissan Pathfinder.