New York: St Martin's, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which holds up a satirical mirror to our times: in a story inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, guidance counselor Anne Ehrlich works to help her high school charges through the perils of the college admissions process, one of whom is the nephew of a past love whom she gave up because he was penniless. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312325029.