From the bestselling author of THE YONAHLOSSEE RIDING CAMP FOR GIRLS comes a story of lifelong female friendship --- in all its intimate agony and joy --- set within a world of wealth, beauty and expectation. 

Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man wants her; every woman wants to be her. Devoted to Joan since childhood, Cece Buchanan is either her chaperone or her partner in crime, depending on whom you ask. But when Joan’s radical behavior escalates the summer they are 25, Cece considers it her responsibility to bring her back to the fold, ultimately forcing one provocative choice to appear the only one there is. 
 
A thrilling glimpse into the sphere of the rich and beautiful at a memorable moment in history, THE AFTER PARTY unfurls a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming and complicated as any romance.