London: Pocket Books. Very Good-. 2005. First British Edition; Fifth Printing. Paperback. Light reading and cover creases, light shelf wear with tiny closed tear to fore edge of front cover, small sticker to rear cover, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Fifth printing of first UK edition, 2005. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork by Sarah Gibb. ; 448 pages; Having lost her high-powered Wall Street 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 adviser. But Ivy has no idea what she's letting herself in for with well-heeled clients that will do (literally) anything to get their children into the A-list schools. .

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When turbocharged Park Avenue mom Ivy Ames finds that she?s been downsized from her platinum-card corporate job and her marriage, she swiftly realizes that she?s going to need a whole new way to support herself and her two private-school daughters. So she dreams up a new business?helping upscale New Yorkers get their little darlings into the most exclusive kindergartens in the city. What begins as one woman?s bid to earn a living becomes an everywoman?s tale of midlife reinvention and unexpected romance, set in a looking-glass world where even tots have résumés. ?If you think you may be a neurotic parent, read this and feel sane.? ?Allison Pearson, author of I Don?t Know How She Does It ?Entertaining . . . Picks up where The Nanny Diaries left off.? ? The New York Post ?[A] ferociously funny tale.? ? Us Weekly ?Hilarious.? ? Child magazine ?Tales of Manhattan?s elite trying to get their tots into private schools is sure to make you smirk condescendingly . . . The Ivy Chronicles delivers.? ? Boston Herald ?The brilliant, witty, and ultimately soulful heroine is a perfect tour guide who will leave you laughing up your latté.? ?Jill Kargman, author of The Right Address and Wolves in Chic Clothing ?With humor and heart, Karen Quinn brilliantly skewers the insanely competitive world of wealth we love to hate. Readers will cheer for Ivy!? ?Leslie Schnur, author of The Dog Walker

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34736
Title: The Ivy Chronicles
Author: Quinn, Karen
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First British Edition; Fifth Printing
ISBN 10: 0743492161
ISBN 13: 9780743492164
Publisher: Pocket Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2005
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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