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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:One Sunday Morning: A Novelby Amy Ephron
Review-a-Day (What is Review-a-Day?)"One Sunday Morning is a slip of a book, elegantly packaged and as pleasurable to drink in on a summer afternoon as a lemony Tanqueray and tonic....This is my first foray into Amy Ephron territory, and it was a lovely, quiet experience, thoroughly engrossing and a few hours well spent." Georgie Lewis, Powells.com (read the entire Powells.com review) Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Amy Ephron navigates the social contradictions of New York society, a world in which freedom was celebrated even while Prohibition and the strictest social conventions were in force. She brings to life this time and place through the stories of five socialites whose lives are irrevocably changed because of gossip, indiscretion, secrets, and betrayal.
Four women at a bridge party in the elegant Gramercy Park Hotel see a beautiful young woman, whom they all know, leaving a nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. The sight of twenty-year-old Lizzie Carswell with Billy Holmes is shocking and potentially ruinous, and though they do not know the whole story and despite their mutual promise to keep what they've seen to themselves, it is only a matter of time before one of them talks — with heartbreaking consequences for them all. One Sunday Morning is a drama of the strictures of polite society tragically coming to conflict with the liberated spirit of the Jazz Age. With all the romance of Gatsby's New York and the seduction of Josephine Baker's Paris, Ephron's tale is compelling all the way to its surprising and satisfying ending. Review:"Short, light period women's fiction with itty-bitty chapters and clever twists is Ephron's specialty (A Cup of Tea; White Rose; etc.). This one is set in 1926 and features New York's postdeb set, pretty jazz-age flappers with bobbed hair who are either just about to be married or looking hard for a suitable husband at all the smart parties. When Lizzie Carswell is seen walking out of the Gramercy Park Hotel Sunday morning after a big dance at the Waldorf, still in her evening clothes and with another girl's fiancé, it takes no time at all for the scandalized buzz to reach every speakeasy and society gathering in town. That very night Lizzie is snubbed at the opera by absolutely everyone except kindhearted Mary Nell. A corpse turns up — is it the guilty fiancé, unable to face his future? That little mystery is quickly solved. Mary meets a handsome world traveler who might just be Mr. Right. And then some of the girls whirl off to Europe — Paris, Nice, Monte Carlo — with predictably unpredictable romantic results. Don't expect The Great Gatsby (the fashionable new novel that Mary is reading aboard The Paris as she steams off to Paris); expect, instead, a quick, delightful little excursion. Agent, Owen Laster." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"Ephron maintains the suspense through this evocative, smartly paced novel of romantic intrigue among the members of New York's high society at the dawn of the Jazz Age." People Review:"This is Edith Wharton territory, and although it is not rendered quite as profoundly as the work of that master, it is, perhaps, rendered more sprucely, in a style more compelling to contemporary readers." Booklist (Starred Review) Review:"Ephron writes beautifully... a Jazz Age take on Sex and the City." Entertainment Weekly Review:"A Whartonesque novel of manners...[an] exquisitely calibrated story...delicate, tasteful....Bewitching in its tidy spareness and splendidly light touch. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Review:"A bit like Woolf....shrewd and wry." Library Journal Review:"Amy Ephron has written another historical novel destined to please her fans." Seattle Times Review:"An elegant fable...a charming package, a smooth blend of period romance and contemporary wisdom." Miami Herald Synopsis:One Sunday morning four women at a bridge party in the elegant Gramercy Park Hotel see a beautiful young woman whom they all know leaving a nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. The sight of twenty-year-old Lizzie Carswell with Billy Holmes is shocking and potentially ruinous. And though the ladies do not know the whole story — and despite their mutual promise to keep what they've seen to themselves — it is only a matter of time before one of them talks...with heartbreaking consequences for them all.
In One Sunday Morning, author Amy Ephron brilliantly navigates the social contradictions of Jazz Age New York society and brings a remarkable time and place to glorious life with a riveting drama of gossip, indiscretion, secrets, and betrayal. About the AuthorAmy Ephron is the author of White Rose, A Cup of Tea, Cool Shades, Bruised Fruit, and Biodegradable Soap. She lives in Los Angeles, California. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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