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  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780399573187
  • Imprint: Riverhead
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $49.99

The After Party

A Novel




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

"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." —People

From the bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of lifelong female friendship – in all its intimate agony and joy – set within a world of wealth, beauty, and expectation. 

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 Joan’s 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. 
 
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.

  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780399573187
  • Imprint: Riverhead
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $49.99

Praise for The After Party

Praise for The After Party:

"The After Party is a literary gin and tonic, brisk, intense and delicious. Anton DiSclafani paints the landscape of 1950's Texas in glorious detail. This is a novel with a heart and a secret as big as Texas." --Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker's Wife

"Intriguing. . . compelling. . . a most memorable read." --Publishers Weekly