"A vintage version of 'Gossip Girl' meets bigger hair." тАФThe Skimm
"DiSclafaniтАЩs story sparkles like the jumbo diamonds her characters wear to one-up each other. Historical fiction lovers will linger over every lush detail."┬атАФPeople
From the bestselling author of┬аThe Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls┬аcomes┬аa story of lifelong female friendship тАУ in all its intimate agony and joy тАУ set within a world of wealth, beauty, and expectation.┬а
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 JoanтАЩs 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.┬а
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A thrilling glimpse into the sphere of the rich and beautiful at a memorable moment in history,┬аThe After Party┬аunfurls a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming, and complicated as any romance.