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Getting in Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Karen Stabiner

In a heartwarming and hilarious new novel, the author of nonfiction books on parenting writes about the biggest challenge of all: getting a child into the perfect college.


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Q: What does a parent need to survive the college application process? A. A sense of humor.
B. A therapist on 24-hour call.
C. A large bank balance.
D. All of the above.Getting In is the roller-coaster story of five very different Los Angeles families united by a single obsession: acceptance at a top college, preferably one that makes their friends and neighbors green with envy. At an elite private school and a nearby public school, families devote themselves to getting their seniors into the perfect school--even if the odds are stacked against them, even if they can't afford the $50,000 annual price tag, even if the effort requires a level of deceit, and even if the object of all this attention wants to go somewhere else.Getting In is a delightfully smart comedy of class and entitlement, of love and ambition, set in a world where a fat envelope from a top school matters more than anything . . . almost.

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  • Title Getting in
  • Author Karen Stabiner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hachette Books, New York, NY
  • Date 2010-03-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781401322465 / 1401322468
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.54 x 1.1 in (20.27 x 14.07 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southern California
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.), Universities and colleges - Admission
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 12/14/2009, Page 36

About the author

Karen Stabiner is a journalist who writes about food, health, and family issues. Some of her previous books include Family Table, a two-year collaboration with James Beard award-winning Michael Romano; the novel Getting In, a comic look at the college admissions sweepstakes; My Girl: Adventures with a Teen in Training, a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award; and All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters. She is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times' Opinion section, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Los Angeles Magazine, and the New Yorker. She lives in New York City with her family.
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