The Ivy Chronicles

The Ivy Chronicles

Paperback (31 Jan 2006)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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

About the Publisher

Plume

Plume

Plume was founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. In its early history, Plume focused primarily on nonfiction titles, publishing approximately 35 titles per year. In the early 1980s, as trade paperbacks were rapidly becoming the format of choice among a large segment of book buyers, Plume began expanding its reach, and became recognized as one of the pre-eminent trade paperback imprints. The 1980?s saw Plume make its mark with a number of major bestsellers, including Toni Morrison?s Tar Baby, Erica Jong?s Fanny, Russell Baker?s Growing Up, and Gloria Steinem?s Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, among others. Now, in 2014, Plume is publishing 85 to 100 titles a year, and its backlist currently encompasses approximately 700 titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780452287228
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint: Plume
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 281g
Height: 203mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 20mm