02311cam a2200349 i 4500 367916167 TxAuBib 20190101120000.0 160209s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016002782 9781594633164 hardcover 1594633169 hardcover DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda DiSclafani, Anton. The after party / Anton DiSclafani. New York : Riverhead Books, 2016. 374 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20190101. Upper class families Texas Fiction. Debutantes Texas Fiction. Socialites Texas Fiction. Social status Fiction. FICTION / Contemporary Women. FICTION / Family Life. FICTION / Coming of Age. Domestic fiction. 9781594633164.jpg Cover image