Asha Elias mirrors a Miami school’s sinful society in her newcomer novel Pink Glass Houses.
Miami resident and first-time novelist Asha Elias PHOTO BY COURTNEY RODWELL
In her epic debut publication, Pink Glass Houses, author Asha Elias concocts the diabolic scandals of a Miami Beach elementary school’s social elite. Playing on the city’s free-living reputation, Elias pens a parent ecosystem whose exclamation-filled actions are tantalizingly immoral as they work toward the ironic plight of turning their children’s public school posh.
Characters are complemented by school letters, Magic City magazine interviews with the wealthiest parent couple celebrated for their soon-to-unravel philanthropic endeavors, and a dystopic real estate listing. Immersed in scandal, the reader joins a Big Little Lies television series-style journey that makes them complicit in the satirical enjoyment of seeing stones fly from within Miami’s overly shiny glass houses.
Elias began drafting Pink Glass Houses in 2020 while in quarantine. Drawing inspiration from her own experiences as a mother, she attempted to capture her feelings of amusement and frustration at the obsessive and, at times, illogical nature of parenting.
‘Although it is cultural criticism, I want the book to be entertaining and show my love and appreciation for Miami.’
Elias illuminates Miami’s living polarities as all too absurd by adding showy wealth, jealousy and power to the real-life plight of a struggling school education system.
Elias notes, “Although it is cultural criticism, I want the book to be entertaining and show my love and appreciation for Miami.” Pink Glass Houses is published by HarperCollins/William Morrow and is available at Books & Books in Miami, national chain bookstores, and online.
Photography by: Photo By: Courtney Rodwell
