The After Party
Author: DiSclafani, Anton
ISBN: 9780399573187
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 15 Jun 2017
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all.
"A vintage version of 'Gossip Girl' meets bigger hair." -The Skimm
"DiSclafani's story sparkles like the jumbo diamonds her characters wear to one-up each other. Historical fiction lovers will linger over every lush detail."-People
From the bestselling author ofThe Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girlscomesa story of lifelong female friendship - in all its intimate agony and joy - set within a world of wealth, beauty, and expectation.
Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man wants her; every woman wants to be her. Devoted to Joan since childhood, Cece Buchanan is either her chaperone or her partner in crime, depending on whom you ask. But when Joan's radical behavior escalates the summer they are twenty-five, Cece considers it her responsibility to bring her back to the fold, ultimately forcing one provocative choice to appear the only one there is.
A thrilling glimpse into the sphere of the rich and beautiful at a memorable moment in history,The After Partyunfurls a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming, and complicated as any romance.
ISBN: 9780399573187
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 15 Jun 2017
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all.
"A vintage version of 'Gossip Girl' meets bigger hair." -The Skimm
"DiSclafani's story sparkles like the jumbo diamonds her characters wear to one-up each other. Historical fiction lovers will linger over every lush detail."-People
From the bestselling author ofThe Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girlscomesa story of lifelong female friendship - in all its intimate agony and joy - set within a world of wealth, beauty, and expectation.
Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man wants her; every woman wants to be her. Devoted to Joan since childhood, Cece Buchanan is either her chaperone or her partner in crime, depending on whom you ask. But when Joan's radical behavior escalates the summer they are twenty-five, Cece considers it her responsibility to bring her back to the fold, ultimately forcing one provocative choice to appear the only one there is.
A thrilling glimpse into the sphere of the rich and beautiful at a memorable moment in history,The After Partyunfurls a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming, and complicated as any romance.
