Gilded Age
eBook - ePub

Gilded Age

A Novel

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Gilded Age

A Novel

About this book

From the bestselling author of Alchemy of a Blackbird comes a powerful retelling of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth following a woman’s return to the hothouse of Cleveland society that revives rivalries, raises eyebrows, and reveals the tender vulnerabilities of her struggle to reconcile her desire for independence and her need for love.

Clevelanders of a certain class are expected to leave home for college, find a spouse, then return home to raise their children in the social milieu they were born into. This is a world of old money, family silver, opening nights at the symphony, and country house weekends. So when beautiful, unconventional Ellie Hart comes home without a husband, Cleveland society begins to whisper.

Ellie Hart had made a brilliant marriage in New York, but it ended in a scandalous divorce and thirty days in Sierra Tucson rehab. Back home, she finds that no amount of feminist lip service can hide the fact that a woman still needs a husband to be socially complete in Cleveland. Now Ellie must navigate the treacherous social terrain where old money meets new: charitable benefits and tequila body shots, inherited diamonds and viper-bite lip piercings, country house weekends and sexting. She finds that her beauty is a powerful tool in this world, but it has its limitations, even liabilities. Through one misstep after another, Ellie mishandles her second act. Her options narrow, her future prospects contract, until she finally faces a desperate choice.

With a keen eye for the perfect detail and a heart big enough to embrace those she observes, Gilded Age is a revelatory story about class, gender, and the timeless conundrum of femininity.

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2012
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781451640496
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Chapter 1: The Orchestra
  5. Chapter 2: The Bungalow
  6. Chapter 3: The Coq au Vin
  7. Chapter 4: The Vegan
  8. Chapter 5: The Foraging
  9. Chapter 6: The Man Cave
  10. Chapter 7: The Rappelling
  11. Chapter 8: The Stepney-Mingott Wedding
  12. Chapter 9: The Engagement
  13. Chapter 10: The Downtown
  14. Chapter 11: The Ritz
  15. Chapter 12: The Dinner Party
  16. Chapter 13: The Texts
  17. Chapter 14: The Estate Sale
  18. Chapter 15: The Benefit
  19. Chapter 16: The After-Party
  20. Chapter 17: The E-mails
  21. Chapter 18: The Aftermath
  22. Chapter 19: The Laundry Room
  23. Chapter 20: The Baby Shower
  24. Chapter 21: The News
  25. Chapter 22: The Country Party
  26. Chapter 23: The Maserati
  27. Chapter 24: The Shaker Lakes
  28. Chapter 25: The Falls
  29. Chapter 26: The Heights
  30. Chapter 27: The Botanical Gardens
  31. Chapter 28: The Girl’s Room
  32. ‘The Necklace’ Excerpt
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Reading Group Guide
  35. About Eleanor Hart
  36. Copyright Page

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