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The birthday girl / Melissa De la Cruz.
Van Pelt Library PS3604.E128 B57 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle-aged women--United States--Fiction.
- Middle-aged women.
- Birthdays--Fiction.
- Birthdays.
- Ambition--Fiction.
- Ambition.
- Life change events--Fiction.
- Life change events.
- United States.
- Marital conflict--Fiction.
- Marital conflict.
- Palm Springs (Calif.)--Fiction.
- Palm Springs (Calif.).
- Women.
- California--Palm Springs.
- Medical Subjects:
- Women.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dutton, [2019]
- Summary:
- Ellie de Florent-Stinson is celebrating her fortieth birthday with a grand celebration in her fabulous house in Palm Springs. At forty, it appears Ellie has everything she ever wanted: a handsome husband; an accomplished, college-age stepdaughter; a beautiful ten-year-old girl; two adorable and rambunctious six-year-old twin boys; lush, well-appointed homes in Los Angeles, Park City, and Palm Springs; a thriving career as a well-known fashion designer of casual women's wear; and a glamorous circle of friends. Except everything is not quite as perfect as it looks on the outside--Ellie is keeping many secrets. This isn't the first birthday celebration that hasn't gone as planned. There's a certain sixteenth birthday that she's tried hard to forget. But hiding the skeletons of her past comes at a cost, and all of Ellie's secrets come to light on the night of her fabulous birthday party in the desert--where everyone who matters in her life shows up, invited or not. Old and new, friends and frenemies, stepdaughters and business partners, ex-wives and ex-husbands congregate, and the glittering facade of her life crumbles in one eventful night. Beautifully paced and full of surprises, The Birthday Girl is an enthralling tale of a life lived in shadow, and its unavoidable consequences.-- Publisher's description.
- Ellie de Florent-Stinson is celebrating her fortieth birthday with a grand celebration in her fabulous house in Palm Springs. At forty, it appears Ellie has everything she ever wanted: a handsome husband; an accomplished, college-age stepdaughter; a beautiful ten-year-old girl; two adorable and rambunctious six-year-old twin boys; lush, well-appointed homes in Los Angeles, Park City, and Palm Springs; a thriving career as a well-known fashion designer of casual women's wear; and a glamorous circle of friends. Except everything is not quite as perfect as it looks on the outside--Ellie is keeping many secrets. This isn't the first birthday celebration that hasn't gone as planned. There's a certain sixteenth birthday that she's tried hard to forget. But hiding the skeletons of her past comes at a cost, and all of Ellie's secrets come to light on the night of her fabulous birthday party in the desert--where everyone who matters in her life shows up, invited or not. Old and new, friends and frenemies, stepdaughters and business partners, ex-wives and ex-husbands congregate, and the glittering facade of her life crumbles in one eventful night. Beautifully paced and full of surprises, The Birthday Girl is an enthralling tale of a life lived in shadow, and its unavoidable consequences.
- Other Format:
- Online version: De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-, author. Birthday girl
- ISBN:
- 9781524743772
- 1524743771
- OCLC:
- 1065953200
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