Karen Quinn's The Ivy Chronicles is the amusing story of what happens when a New Yorker loses her job, her husband, and her ritzy Park Avenue pad and is forced to carve out a new niche for herself and her two private school-educated d...

Losing her job at the same time her divorce goes through, Park Avenue resident Ivy Ames starts up a new business helping upscale New Yorkers earn entry for their kindergarteners into the city's most exclusive schools, a career that la...