Bright Young Things
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
006196266X
ISBN 13
9780061962660
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Pages
389
Subject
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Wealth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Abstract
In the spring of 1929, eighteen-year-old Cordelia Grey and her stage-struck friend Letty Larkspur run away from their small Ohio town to seek their fortunes in New York City and soon find themselves drawn into situations and relationships, particularly with the dazzling Astrid Donal, that change their lives forever.
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Publisher Comments
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.
Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star. . . .
Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
The only person Cordelia can trust is Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
Review
“Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldnt put The Luxe down!” Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series
Review
Praise for the Luxe series:“Characters are vividly sketched, and the suspenseful story is propelled by interwoven scandals and wellsupported plot twists. A compulsively readable romance about young women who strain against societal conventions.” ALA Booklist
Review
“Readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal.” Kirkus Reviews
Review
"This is a lovely, sweet coming-of-age story."
—VOYA, 3Q 4P M J S
"Lovely descriptions highlight this story for readers who enjoy a bit of history and mystery with their romance."
—Booklist
"Wallace deftly uses the Spiritualist fervor of the 1920s period setting to populate her novel with characters who are paralyzed by ghosts of the past, both real and metaphorical, and demonstrates the need to balance honoring the past and living in the present."
—The Horn Book Magazine
Synopsis
A YA novel set in a seaside New England town in the 1920s, where twelve-year-old Clare discovers a mysterious glass house and falls in love with Jack, the ghost of a boy who cant remember how he died.
Synopsis
In a 1920s seaside town, Clare discovers a mysterious glass house in the backyard of her new summer home. There she falls in love with Jack, the ghost of a boy who cant remember who he was before he died. Their romance is a haven for her from the cruel pranks of her society friends, especially her best friend, Bridget, who cant wait to grow up and embark on romances of her own. As Clare begins to suspect an affair between her mother and Bridget's father, she retreats to the glass house. But that haven begins to crack when she realizes that Jack has lied to her about his name . . .
From a dazzling and fearless new voice comes a shimmering story full of wonder and mystery, in a world where every character is haunted by lingering ghosts of love.
About the Author
Anna Godbersen was born in Berkeley, California, and educated at Barnard College. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is at work on the sequel to The Lucky Ones.
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.
Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star. . . .
Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
The only person Cordelia can trust is Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
Review
“Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldnt put The Luxe down!” Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series
Review
Praise for the Luxe series:“Characters are vividly sketched, and the suspenseful story is propelled by interwoven scandals and wellsupported plot twists. A compulsively readable romance about young women who strain against societal conventions.” ALA Booklist
Review
“Readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal.” Kirkus Reviews
Review
"This is a lovely, sweet coming-of-age story."
—VOYA, 3Q 4P M J S
"Lovely descriptions highlight this story for readers who enjoy a bit of history and mystery with their romance."
—Booklist
"Wallace deftly uses the Spiritualist fervor of the 1920s period setting to populate her novel with characters who are paralyzed by ghosts of the past, both real and metaphorical, and demonstrates the need to balance honoring the past and living in the present."
—The Horn Book Magazine
Synopsis
A YA novel set in a seaside New England town in the 1920s, where twelve-year-old Clare discovers a mysterious glass house and falls in love with Jack, the ghost of a boy who cant remember how he died.
Synopsis
In a 1920s seaside town, Clare discovers a mysterious glass house in the backyard of her new summer home. There she falls in love with Jack, the ghost of a boy who cant remember who he was before he died. Their romance is a haven for her from the cruel pranks of her society friends, especially her best friend, Bridget, who cant wait to grow up and embark on romances of her own. As Clare begins to suspect an affair between her mother and Bridget's father, she retreats to the glass house. But that haven begins to crack when she realizes that Jack has lied to her about his name . . .
From a dazzling and fearless new voice comes a shimmering story full of wonder and mystery, in a world where every character is haunted by lingering ghosts of love.
About the Author
Anna Godbersen was born in Berkeley, California, and educated at Barnard College. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is at work on the sequel to The Lucky Ones.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Young adult fiction
Teen fiction
Young adult works
Fiction
History
Juvenile works
Historical fiction
Juvenile fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anna Godbersen
ISBN: 9780061962660 006196266X
OCLC Number: 659772274
Description: 389 pages ; 22 cm
Responsibility: Anna Godbersen.
Teen fiction
Young adult works
Fiction
History
Juvenile works
Historical fiction
Juvenile fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anna Godbersen
ISBN: 9780061962660 006196266X
OCLC Number: 659772274
Description: 389 pages ; 22 cm
Responsibility: Anna Godbersen.
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