The last book party /
Dukess, Karen,
The last book party / by Karen Dukess. - Large print edition. - 339 pages (large type) : map ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print peer picks . - Thorndike Press large print peer picks. .
"In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant brother. With her professional ambitions floundering, Eve jumps at the chance to attend an early summer gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her burgeoning crush on the hosts' artistic son, Eve lands a new job as Henry Grey's research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie's exclusive and famed "Book Party"-- where attendees dress as literary characters. But by the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. A page-turning, coming-of-age story, written with a lyrical sense of place and a profound appreciation for the sustaining power of books, Karen Dukess's The Last Book Party shows what happens when youth and experience collide and what it takes to find your own voice"-- Attending an early summer gathering at a famed journalist's Cape Cod home, Eve Rosen, an aspiring writer stuck in a low-level job, discovers uncomfortable truths about the literary world she has been so desperate to join. Summer, 1987. Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer in a low-level assistant job. She jumps at the chance to attend a gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her crush on the hosts' son, Eve lands a job as Grey's research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie's exclusive and famed "Book Party." By the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. -- adapted from back cover
9781432867430 1432867431
2019025714
Books and reading--Fiction.
Ambition--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Cape Cod (Mass.)--Fiction.
Large type books.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Romance fiction.
The last book party / by Karen Dukess. - Large print edition. - 339 pages (large type) : map ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print peer picks . - Thorndike Press large print peer picks. .
"In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant brother. With her professional ambitions floundering, Eve jumps at the chance to attend an early summer gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her burgeoning crush on the hosts' artistic son, Eve lands a new job as Henry Grey's research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie's exclusive and famed "Book Party"-- where attendees dress as literary characters. But by the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. A page-turning, coming-of-age story, written with a lyrical sense of place and a profound appreciation for the sustaining power of books, Karen Dukess's The Last Book Party shows what happens when youth and experience collide and what it takes to find your own voice"-- Attending an early summer gathering at a famed journalist's Cape Cod home, Eve Rosen, an aspiring writer stuck in a low-level job, discovers uncomfortable truths about the literary world she has been so desperate to join. Summer, 1987. Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer in a low-level assistant job. She jumps at the chance to attend a gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her crush on the hosts' son, Eve lands a job as Grey's research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie's exclusive and famed "Book Party." By the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. -- adapted from back cover
9781432867430 1432867431
2019025714
Books and reading--Fiction.
Ambition--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Cape Cod (Mass.)--Fiction.
Large type books.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Romance fiction.