Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday: The After Party



Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine featuring soon to be published books that we can't wait to get our hands on.





This week's pick:  The After Party by Anton DiSclafani
Due Out: May 17, 2016

Synopsis taken from Goodreads:

From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all.

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?

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.

A thrilling glimpse into the sphere of the rich and beautiful at a memorable moment in history, The After Party unfurls a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming, and complicated as any romance.

2 comments:

Jill said...

This is on my list, too!

(And, yes, I love that Elin gives us a treat every summer!)

vvb32 reads said...

I like the glamour theme going on.