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The Ivy Chronicles

by Karen Quinn · 2005

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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 resumes.

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women’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
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womenwomenMore like thisLess of thismothersmothersMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of this
Mood
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 342 pages

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