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Jan 4, 2022 · Julia Kelly. 3.88. 5,310 ratings669 reviews. A group of young women are swept up in a life-changing journey as they become three of the last debutantes to be presented to Queen Elizabeth II. When it’s announced that 1958 will be the last year debutantes are to be presented at court, thousands of eager mothers and hopeful daughters flood the ...
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Jan 29, 2015 · January 29, 2015, 1:00 PM. 5:57. These young women from around the world, ranging in age from 16 to 25, are selected to be debutantes at the International Debutante Ball, held every two years at ...
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Jan 3, 2022 · It added this extra layer of fabulousness to the book. The Dance of the Last Debutante is a must-read for anyone who loves historical fiction. Thank you, Simon and Schuster Canada for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Read our 5 minute quickie with Julia Kelly here. The Last Dance of the Debutante is a captivating book that will remind ...
Sneaking vicariously into debutante parties and reading about the effort and expense that went into a debutante's season in 1950s England is fascinating, and Kelly provides us with the inside story. For upper class women, their goal as debutantes was to meet other debutantes and expand their social circle, all in the pursuit of one overarching aim: to find a husband who would increase their ...
But the glorious effervescence of the Season evaporates once Lily learns a devastating secret that threatens to destroy her entire family. Faced with a dark past, she’s forced to ask herself what really matters: her family legacy or her own happiness. With her signature “intricate, tender, and convincing” (Publishers Weekly) storytelling ...
Jan 25, 2021 · Surely a very different attitude to Eloise Bridgerton, Daphne’s younger sister, who is desperate for her older sister not to marry so that she might avoid having to enter society, and by extension the marriage market, herself. May Ball, Jean-Michel Moreau, 1763. Open access image courtesy of National Gallery of Art, 2000.9.25.
Jan 5, 2022 · In an effort to appease her traditional mother, aspiring university student Lily Nichols agrees to become a debutante and do the Season, a glittering and grueling string of countless balls and cocktail parties. In doing so, she befriends two very different women: the cool and aloof Leana Hartford whose apparent perfection hides a darker side ...
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