Peopleâs Book of the Week
âPerfect for fans of Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep.â âBooklist
Top 6 Books You Need to Read âBuzzFeed
Best Books to Give Every Book Lover on Your List âTown & Country
In this witty, hilarious, and entertaining novel thatâs âThe Devil Wears Prada meets Primates of Park Avenueâ (The New York Times), a young woman is unexpectedly thrust into the cutthroat world of New York City private school admissions, from award-winning author Amy Poeppel.
Despite her innate ambition and summa cum laude smarts, Kate Pearson has turned into a major slacker. After being unceremoniously dumped by her handsome âalmost fiancĂ©,â she abandons her plans and instead spends her days lolling on the couch, watching reruns of Sex and the City. Her friends donât know what to do other than pass tissues and hope for a comeback, while her practical sister, Angela, pushes every remedy she can think of, from trapeze class to therapy to job interviews.
Miraculously, Kate manages to land a job in the admissions department at the revered Hudson Day School. In her new position Kate learns thereâs no time for self-pity or nonsense during the thick of the admissions season, or what her colleagues refer to as âthe dark time.â As the process revs up, Kate meets smart kids who are unlikable, likeable kids who arenât very smart, and Park Avenue parents who refuse to take no for an answer. Through a comical and crazy run of wildly unpredictable interviews, subtle bribes, outright threats, final judgments, and page-turning twists, the highly competitive and occasionally absurd world of private school admissions is brought to light in all of its outrageous glory that is reminiscent of Curtis Sittenfeldâs Prep.