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| Plot Summary of The Ivy Chronicles |
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"After being let go from her corporate Manhattan job and catching her husband naked in their tub with her ex-boss's wife, Ivy realizes that whether she likes it or not, she must forge a new life for herself and her two young daughters. Leaving behind their Upper East Side apartment and lifestyle, they move to the cheaper side of town. Ivy starts her own consulting business helping overzealous and frantic parents get their children accepted into exclusive Manhattan private schools.
She hilariously navigates through the viciously competitive world of prep school admissions, finding that while the children themselves are surprisingly normal, the parents she deals with are the challenges. She discovers that many are willing to go to extremes for admission, including cheating on standardized tests and bribing school officials. While enduring verbal abuse from crazed parents and helping others through mental breakdowns from the nail-biting application process, she juggles two new romantic interests who enter her life, and must also focus on the difficulties of adjusting to a new income and being a newly-single parent with daughters enrolled in public school.
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Rosa Flores, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- grade school
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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