The Ivy Chronicles
Published on 7. September 2006
Audio
CD-Audio
978-1-4055-0219-1 (ISBN)
Description
When she loses her high-powered job, her husband and her plush Park Avenue apartment in one afternoon, Ivy Ames emerges broken but unbowed. The newly single mother-of-two picks herself up, dusts herself down and reinvents herself as a private school admissions advisor. But Ivy has no idea what she's let herself in for. In a parent-eat-parent world where even four-year-olds have CVs, Ivy is driven to lengths she'd never dreamed of to satisfy those well-heeled clients who'll do literally anything to get their little darlings into the A-list schools. Fast paced, feel good and very, very funny, this deliciously over-the- top tale of mid-life reinvention and unexpected romance will appeal to anyone who has ever lost all they hold dear and had to start over again.
Reviews / Votes
* 'I laughed delightedly with the wry laugh of a parent who had been there' ELIZABETH BUCHAN * 'Hilarious, spirited and wise. With humour and heart, Karen Quinn brilliantly skewers the insanely competitive world of wealth we love to hate' LESLIE SCHNUR,More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 142 mm
Width: 124 mm
Duration
Dauer: 208 min
ISBN-13
978-1-4055-0219-1 (9781405502191)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
After losing her job, Karen Quinn helped found Smart City Kids, a New York-based company that helps families survive the application process to Manhattan's most competitive public and private schools. Now a full-time writer, she lives in New York. The Ivy Chronicles is her first novel.