The After Party(Reprint) A Novel by AntonDisclafani Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-0-399-57318-7, ISBN: 0-399-57318-6
""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." —PeopleOne of the Best New Books for Summer 2016 – Good Housekeeping One of the 3 Beach Reads You Won’t Be Able to Put Down – O Magazine From the bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a ..."
"“Emotionally engaging... [A] romantic page-turner.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “A sexy, suspenseful, gorgeously written book.” —Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep A propulsive novel about sex, love, family, money, class, home, and horses - all set against the ominous threat of the Depression, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is part scandalous love story, part heartbreaking family drama.It is 1930, the midst of the G ..."
The After Party(1st Edition) A Novel by AntonDisclafani Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59463-316-4, ISBN: 1-59463-316-9
""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." —PeopleOne of the Best New Books for Summer 2016 – Good Housekeeping One of the 3 Beach Reads You Won’t Be Able to Put Down – O Magazine From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girl ..."
"Perfect for fans of The Great Gatsby, Tigers in Red Weather, and Curtis Sittenfield...1930s America, southern high society: Part love story, part coming-of-age novel, this is the moving, raw and exquisitely vivid story of an uncommon girl navigating a treacherous road to womanhood. Thea Atwell is fifteen years old in 1930, when, following a scandal for which she has been held responsible, she is 'exiled' from her wealthy and isolated Fl ..."
"“This summer’s first romantic page turner.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Named a most anticipated book for Summer 2013 by The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly and USA Today, NPR, and People summer reads pickFrom the author of The After Party, coming May 2016, a lush, sexy, evocative debut novel of family secrets and girls’-school rituals, set in the 1930s South. It is 1930, the midst of the Great Depression. After her ..."
The After Party(Large Print) by AntonDisclafani Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2016 by Thorndike Press Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-4104-8988-3, ISBN: 1-4104-8988-4
"A New York Times Bestselling AuthorFrom the author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of the 1950s Houston social scene and the irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all -- a story of ..."
The After Party (Paperback) by AntonDisclafani Paperback, Published 2017 by Thorndike Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4328-4060-0, ISBN: 1-4328-4060-6
"When her popular best friend, Joan, spirals out of control in their socially driven 1950s Houston community, Cece, a young wife and mother, struggles to intervene before making a painful choice."
""Brooklyn Noir came first in 2004, and now, 15 years later, Houston Noir--14 stories of intrigue, betrayal and death set from Tanglewood to Third Ward penned by current or former Houston authors--goes on sale."--Houston Chronicle"Akashic Books's long-running Noir Series tasks writers with imagining the dark sides of their communities, spinning gritty, shocking tales atop the local landscape. Recently the publisher tapped writer and form ..."
The After Party A Novel by AntonDisclafani 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-698-16123-8, ISBN: 0-698-16123-8
"1957 knew Joan the best of anyone in the world—I still believe that, all these
years later—but in the end Joan was a secret, ... That night six years earlier,
when Joan dove into the Shamrock's pool, stood on her tiptoes at the edge of the
board, ..."
"Weaving provocatively between home and school, the narrative powerfully unfurls the true story behind Thea’s expulsion from her family, but it isn’t long before the mystery of her past is rivaled by the question of how it will shape her ..."
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the
product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is
entirely coincidental. For Mat T ..."
"ON THE NOODLE ROAD From Beijing to Rome, with Love and Pasta Jen Lin—
Liu A food writer travels the Silk Road, immersing herself in a moveable feast of
foods and cultures and discovering some surprising truths about commitment,
independence, and love. Feasting her way through an Italian honeymoon, Jen
Lin-Liu was struck by culinary echoes of the delicacies she ate and cooked back
in China, where she'd lived for more than a decade. W ..."