Bright Young Things - Hardcover

Godbersen, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006196266X ISBN 13: 9780061962660

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

Praise for the Luxe series: "Characters are vividly sketched, and the suspenseful story is propelled by interwoven scandals and well-supported plot twists. A compulsively readable romance about young women who strain against societal conventions."--ALA Booklist

"Readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal."--Kirkus Reviews

"Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldn't put The Luxe down!"--Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series

Readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal. --Kirkus Reviews"

Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldn t put The Luxe down! --Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series"

Praise for the Luxe series: Characters are vividly sketched, and the suspenseful story is propelled by interwoven scandals and well supported plot twists. A compulsively readable romance about young women who strain against societal conventions. --ALA Booklist"

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 Bright Young Things.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 006196266X
• ISBN 13: 9780061962660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 389