02027cam a2200373 i 4500 546565051 TxAuBib 20220119120000.0 210818s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063009295 paperback 0063009293 paperback (OCoLC)1264220813 TxAuBib rda Blalock, Georgie. The last debutantes : a novel / Georgie Blalock. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] 359, 9 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes "P.S. insights, interviews and more..." -- back cover. Includes reading group guide. With England on the threshold of war, Valerie de Vere Cole, the niece of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, must navigate a new lifestyle when she befriends other debutantes from England's aristocracy. 1939. Valerie de Vere Cole, the niece of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, makes her deep curtsey to the King and Queen of England, but she knows war is imminent. Reinventing herself as a carefree and glittering young society woman, she befriends other debutantes as well as the vivacious Eunice Kennedy, daughter of the U.S. Ambassador. Knowing that happiness and stability are as fragile as peace in our time, Valerie will forget her cares in too much champagne and waltzes. But soon she must find the inner strength to stand strong and carry on through the challenges of life and love and war. -- adapted from back cover. 20220119. 1900-1999. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 England Fiction. Debutantes Fiction. Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels.