Fans of The Kennedy Debutante and Next Year in Havana will love
Georgie Blalock's new novel of a world on the cusp of change...set on
the eve of World War II in the glittering world of English society and
one of the last debutante seasons.
They danced the night away, knowing their world was about to change
forever. They were the debutantes of 1939, laughing on the outside, but
knowing tragedy-- and a war--was just around the corner.
When Valerie de Vere Cole, the niece of Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain, makes her deep curtsey to the King and Queen of England,
she knows she's part of a world about to end. The daughter of a
debt-ridden father and a neglectful mother, Valerie sees firsthand that
war is imminent.
Nevertheless, Valerie reinvents herself as a carefree and glittering
young society woman, befriending other debutantes from England's
aristocracy as well as the vivacious Eunice Kennedy, daughter of the
U.S. Ambassador. Despite her social success, the world's troubles and
Valerie's fear of loss and loneliness prove impossible to ignore.
How will she navigate her new life when everything in her past has
taught her that happiness and stability are as fragile as peace in our
time? For the moment she will forget her cares in too much champagne and
waltzes. Because very soon, Valerie knows that she must find the inner
strength to stand strong and carry on through the challenges of life and
love and war.
