Summary
‘A juicy, scheme-filled update on Edith Wharton, and it’s unputdownable.’ LENA DUNHAM’S Lenny
Everybody wants to belong.
It’s 2006 in the Manhattan of the young and glamorous. At 26, bright, funny and socially anxious Evelyn Beegan is determined to free herself from the social-climbing mother who propelled her through prep school and on to the Upper East Side.
Evelyn has long felt like an outsider to her privileged peers, but when she ge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733634819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733634818 |
| Author: | Stephanie Clifford |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 155mm x 233mm |
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Critics Review
A juicy, scheme-filled update on Edith Wharton, and it’s unputdownable. - LENA DUNHAM’S Lenny lifestyle newsletter
A buzzy Tom-Wolfe-meets-Edith-Wharton novel of young Manhattan. - Hollywood ReporterAddictive: think Prep meets The Devil Wears Prada. - Good HousekeepingA Manhattan-set class satire with the bite to satisfy postrecession readers - TIME magazineAn intoxicating blend of class, ambition and money - Entertainment WeeklyA smart, moving tale of class, ambition and identity - Malcolm GladwellAn intriguing look at class distinctions and social climbing, Stephanie Clifford’s debut is not to be missed. - InStyleA masterful tale of social climbing and entrenched class distinctions … Tense, hilarious, and bursting with gorgeous language. Stephanie Clifford is a 21st century Edith Wharton - J. Courtney SullivanStephanie Clifford
As a New York Times reporter, Loeb Award-winning journalist Stephanie Clifford covered courts, business, and media. Everybody Rise, her first book, was a New York Times bestseller, with movie rights optioned by Fox 2000. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard, she grew up in Seattle and lives in Brooklyn.
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