The Ivy Chronicles
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 whose well-heeled...
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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 whose well-heeled clients will do (literally) anything to get their children into the A-list schools. Thus begins a fast-paced and very funny rom com as Ivy's bid to support her family and regain her self-esteem becomes a tale of modern-day reinvention - and unexpected romance.
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ISBN:
9780743492164 (0743492161)
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Contemporary,
New York,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
This reader's personal opinion, ©2012, all rights reserved.* Nothing really wrong with writing, I just could not finish. Interesting premise; but, I found story flat and uninteresting--in all fairness, I do tend to do that when I cannot get into the character. Might appeal to another reader who d...
AUDIO BOOKThis is hilarious!So... A LOT of people didn't like this book because of the main character, Ivy.Well, for me, that means the author did her job.This is a look into the lifestyle of the NYC wealthy elite. And YES, it is despicable! I believe that's the point.I listened to this as an audio ...
Ugh. This book was terrible.