THE PRIZE:
- A copy of Everybody Rise;
- plus a Lo & Sons weekender bag! (Specifically, The Catalina, in dove grey. YOU KNOW I love a weekend bag!)
Recruiting new members for the site, Evelyn steps into a promised land of Adirondack camps, Newport cottages and Southampton clubs thick with socialites and Wall Streeters. Despite herself, Evelyn finds the lure of belonging intoxicating, and starts trying to pass as old money herself. When her father, a crusading class-action lawyer, is indicted for bribery, Evelyn must contend with her own family's downfall as she keeps up appearances in her new life, grasping with increasing desperation as the ground underneath her begins to give way.
Bracing, hilarious and often poignant, Stephanie Clifford's debut offers a thoroughly modern take on classic American themes - money, ambition, family, friendship - and on the universal longing to fit in.
(You can also read a sneak peak of the first two chapters here.)
THE TASK: We will have ONE winner, and I will choose that lucky person at random. But to make it fun, please comment and tell us your favorite weekend jaunt (fictional, or otherwise: mine would be Santa Barbara, but I haven't been in ages!)
THE RULES: All entries must be posted in the comments of this post by 9 p.m. Pacific time on Monday. FYI, if this is the first time you’ve commented here, the system will automatically kick you into comment moderation, but don’t worry, I will rescue you. The contest is for US residents only. (Prizing and samples provided by St. Martin’s Press. Thank you!)