04442cam a2200337 4500 277421048 TxAuBib 20161028120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780698161238 0698161238 B014EOUNTU Amazon be2f49f4-fe27-47ad-951b-23b92f4319d0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2462206 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Disclafani, Anton. The After Party [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Penguin Publishing Group, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 944kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 944kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>One of the Best New Books for Summer 2016 – <i>Good Housekeeping</i><br /> One of the 3 Beach Reads You Won't Be Able to Put Down – <i>O Magazine</i><br /> "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." —<i>People</i><br /> From the nationally bestselling author of <i>The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls</i> comes a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all.</b><br /> 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 who sees her seems to want her; every woman just wants to be her. But this is a highly ordered world of garden clubs and debutante balls. The money may flow as freely as the oil, but the freedom and power all belong to the men. What happens when a woman of indecorous appetites and desires like Joan wants more? What does it do to her best friend?<br /> Devoted to Joan since childhood, Cece Buchanan is either her chaperone or her partner in crime, depending on whom you ask. But as Joan's radical behavior escalates, Cece's perspective shifts—forcing one provocative choice to appear the only one there is.<br /> A thrilling glimpse into the sphere of the rich and beautiful at a memorable moment in history, <i>The After Party</i> unfurls a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming, and complicated as any romance.<br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>. HTML:<p>February 15, 2016<br /> DiSclafani’s second novel, following <em>The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls</em>, is an intriguing story about the complexities of female friendship and the intricate social hierarchy of Houston’s oil elite in the 1950s. In a world focused on glamor and status, Joan Fortier has always been the center of attention, but no one loves her as much as her best friend, Cece. Friends since age five, Joan and Cece share a complicated past. Told from Cece’s perspective, the narrative cuts back and forth between 1957, when they’re in their mid-20s, and their adolescence, when Joan seems set up for the kind of privileged existence that Cece once assumed they both wanted—marriage, a family, and fancy parties. However, Joan seems to want more. To Cece, Joan seems vibrant and free, but it’s not until later that she realizes no woman in this particular society, not even Joan, can completely escape the social limitations imposed by gender. The narrative sometimes succumbs to stereotypes, but the social milieu—and the attitudes that these women alternately embrace and rebel against—is vivid, and the relationship between Joan and Cece becomes increasingly compelling as the story progresses, resulting in a most memorable read. <em>Agent: Dorian Karchmar, WME Entertainment.</em></p>. Publisher's Weekly. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-10-28 23:00:02. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=be2f49f4-fe27-47ad-951b-23b92f4319d0 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=be2f49f4-fe27-47ad-951b-23b92f4319d0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=be2f49f4-fe27-47ad-951b-23b92f4319d0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=be2f49f4-fe27-47ad-951b-23b92f4319d0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)