Synopses & Reviews
- Upon publication, Admissions and author Nancy Lieberman are scheduled to be featured on NBC's Today show.
- There is an insatiable appetite for stories concerning the excesses of the wealthy and privileged as evidenced by the recent bestseller, The Nanny Diaries (St. Martin's Press, 2002), which has more than one million copies in print.
- A spate of recent news stories has chronicled the outrageous tactics well-connected parents use to get their children into the right schools.
- Nancy Lieberman has served as president of the Parents' Association of her daughter's private school and delivers the inside scoop on this high-pressure process with knowing wit and an eye for telling detail.
Synopsis
In the spirit of "The Nanny Diaries," this sharply observed and bitingly funny novel exposes the over-the-top absurdity of New York City's elite private school admissions circus.
Synopsis
This sharply observed and bitingly funny novel exposes the over-the-top absurdity of New York Citys elite private school admissions circus. For Manhattan's most affluent parents, the Tuesday after Labor Day marks the beginning of the city's most competitive and vicious blood sport: the start of the private school admissions process. But for Helen Drager, mother of Zoe, it shouldn't be such an ordeal. After all, Helen's best friend Sara is an admissions officer at Zoe's current K-8. But Sara's position becomes precarious, and Helen soon finds herself drawn ever deeper into the mounting lunacy generated by the fierce competition.