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For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia is faced with an extraordinary test. Just as thousands of the nation’s brightest students await her decision regarding their academic admission, so too must Portia decide whether to make her own ultimate admission.
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Upon first looking at the book cover…I just had a feeling it was about an Ivy League college or prep school…I really want to win this book.
My initial thought when looking at the cover were about
Adam and Eve/The Scarlet Letter. Thanks, Cindi
I think it is about a lady who wanted something so much – to help others – that she lied about her credentials…..
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My first thought was that it would be about admission to an Ivy League school
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I thought the book might have been about admission to a college or university.
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I already knew what this book was about-the ivy is a definate tip off to the Ivy League.
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I reviewed this book last year and loved it. The information about the admissions process was very interesting and the way Portia dealt with other people was fascinating.
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an admission of guilt thanks
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I too tghought it was about admission to an Ivy League school….because of the ivy vine on the cover.
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i thought this book was about an ivy league school…
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I was thinking college admissions…and the large A made me think of grades.
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Even though I know what it’s about all ready, I would assume that it’s about getting admission into a school and considering the ivy on the cover, an Ivy league school.
The cover portrayed admission to a college.
I would have thought it was about admitting to something done while the character was a teen or young adult. They have now come to terms with it, are ready to admit it, and move on with their life without it hanging over them.
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College admissions!
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I thought is might be an admission of a deep dark secret
I thought it was about a student’s experience getting into an Ivy league college.
With a high school senior in my house, the word “admission, along with the ivy, did put me in mind of the collegiate world.
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It looked like a mystery novel, I thought of it as “admissions” to crimes
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I thought of ‘admission of guilt’.
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The ivy and the title made me think of admission to an Ivy League college, though the title could be a play on words and admission refer to the admission of secrets.
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Well, i have previous knowledge of what this book is about so I don’t think I can fairly answer this … I know it about college admissions to an Ivy League school. I’ve had it on my wish list at Paperback Swap for quite some time. I would love love love a chance to win.
I thought I was following you/subscribing to your feed already … but I wasn’t! that has been corrected now … +1 entry for me!
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Looking at the cover I would say the book is about getting into an Ivy League school.
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Hmm .. there were two threads that came to my head … one was regarding school admissions but the cover didn’t fit that. Then came to me the idea that this must be about an admission of something done in the past .. maybe scandalous, maybe disastrous. Looks like it’s a mix of both.
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I associated the big A with the Scarlet Letter and some kind of admission of a secret or hidden truth. It makes sense that it would be about academics at an ivy league school, but that’s not what came to mind first!
The first thought that came to mind was that it was about an Ivy League murder.
I was thinking along the lines of a young girl looking to get into an ivy league college.
Love the cover design too.
Fingers crossed- this would be a cool birthday gift to me! 🙂
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Yep, I’ll join in with the people that thought it was about Ivy League admissions with the ivy and all! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I thought it was going to be about someone admitting to a very old family secret of some sort & rocking their present-day world with the revelation. And I’m already a subscriber! 🙂
I thought that it could be about a ivy league school.
Looked to me like it someone was going to admit to a dirty past…
I thought this would be a crime novel, with the admission coming from an exonerated criminal or someone they never even suspected!
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I thought it was about an admission of guilt.
Getting into an Ivy League college.
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Admission into a secret society.
It might have been about people telling their deppest secrets.
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I was way off base. I was thinking it would be about admitting a terrible dark secret from the character’s past.
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I thought it was a law book.
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I truthfully didn’t think anything much except that it was an attractive cover and that it reminded me of some notecards I own.
I assumed that by looking at the cover that it was about a big confession. Please enter me. Thanks!
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This one sounds intriging. I am a subscriber.
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The cover itself is intriguing–I’d pick it up and give it a try…it reminds me of “ivy league” in its simplicity