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 rรฉsumรฉs.
"If you think you may be a neurotic parent, read this and feel sane." โAllison Pearson, author of I Don't Know How She Does It
"Entertaining . . . Picks up where The Nanny Diaries left off."ย โThe New York Post
"[A] ferociously funny tale."ย โUs Weekly
"Hilarious."ย โChild 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." โBoston Herald
"The brilliant, witty, and ultimately soulful heroine is a perfect tour guide who will leave you laughing up your lattรฉ..."โJill 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!" โLeslie Schnur, author of The Dog Walker
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...