Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set, a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beachβs inner circle, and into a beguiling friendship with the star at its center, fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer
Itβs 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But sheβs just been hired as assistant to photographer Slim Aaronsβfamous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood starsβand she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better.
From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is thrown headfirst into the glamorous jet-set world she so covets, observing its ways from behind the camera as Slimβs sidekick. Thereβs Jackie Kennedy, Truman Capote's Swans, a host of Vanderbilts. Beautiful people in beautiful places.
But when they land in Palm Beach, a scene with few rules and many riches, the lines between work and play begin to blur. As Margo becomes swept up in the cityβs social circleβand into a friendship with heiress and rising fashion designer Lilly Pulitzerβthe golden life seems increasingly in reach. Until she finds herself entangled in a complicated web of loyalties and secrets that could bring it all crashing downβ¦
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