Parenting is hard, but so is being a kid. In this anthology, 650’s Edward McCann has assembled a collection of poignant and hilarious rites-of-passage stories, with perspectives on conception, close calls, children’s books, ER visits, and leaving home.

The Kids are Alright: True Stories of Driving Tests, Fishing Vests, and Empty Nests

Literature & Fiction

Dukess, Karen

Burgo, Joseph

Lewis, Steven

McCann, Edward

Gredler, John

Finnegan, Honor

Mayer, Kathryn

Fung, Paula

Katz, Marilyn Ogus

Henrick, Natasha

Essays & Correspondence

The Kids are Alright

*A July 2019 Indie Next List Great Read* *One of Parade's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2019* *An O Magazine Best Beach Read of 2019* *A New York Post Best Beach Read of 2019* 
“The Last Book Party is a delight. Reading this story of a young woman trying to find herself while surrounded by the bohemian literary scene during a summer on the Cape in the late '80s, I found myself nodding along in so many moments and dreading the last page. Karen Dukess has rendered a wonderful world to spend time in.” ―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones &amp; The Six A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980’s New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod. In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant brother. With her professional ambitions floundering, Eve jumps at the chance to attend an early summer gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. 
Dazzled by the guests and her burgeoning crush on the hosts’ artistic son, Eve lands a new job as Henry Grey’s research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie’s exclusive and famed "Book Party"― where attendees dress as literary characters. But by the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. 
A page-turning, coming-of-age story, written with a lyrical sense of place and a profound appreciation for the sustaining power of books, Karen Dukess's The Last Book Party shows what happens when youth and experience collide and what it takes to find your own voice.

The Last Book Party

Romance

Henry Holt and Co.

"The Last Book Party is a delight. I found myself nodding along in so many moments and dreading the last page. Karen Dukess has rendered a wonderful world to spend time in." --Taylor Jenkins Reid,New York Times bestselling author ofDaisy Jones & The Six Eve Rosen is invited into a seductive, literary world she thinks will turn her into a writer. But will she have to lose herself to find her own voice? In the 1980s, famedNew Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife Tillie throw Cape Cod's most unmissable party each summer's end, a legendary fête for the literary elite. Twenty-five-year-old aspiring writer Eve Rosen finagles her way into this Gatsbyesque orbit, which is completely different from her conventional, Jewish upbringing. But moving into one sphere means leaving another behind, and as Eve tries to negotiate the differences between her family values and this glittering world, she learns the risks of unbridled ambition and the importance of making her own choices about who she wants to be. Lyrically evoking a bygone era with contemporary resonance,The Last Book Party charts Eve's soundings as she learns to navigate the deep waters of sex, love, and life over the course of one fateful summer. Poignant, unerringly wise, and delightfully funny, Dukess's debut tells the universal coming-of-age story of finding our way and our voice, one misstep and one false note at a time.

Last Book Party

Literary

Holt Paperbacks

The Last Book Party (Thorndike Press Large Print Peer Picks)

Thorndike Press Large Print

You never forget your first puppy, your first car, or your first love. The true stories Edward McCann has assembled in this collection are a cross section of indelible "firsts" from a dozen talented writers, originally performed for a live audience in a New York City theater.

650 | The First Time: True Stories of Daring, Devotion, and Dating

Masello, David

Pattison, Cari

Bolster, Mary Catherine

Mulligan, Maura

Horrigan, Jeremiah

Bastis, Kathleen Bennett

Colangelo, Moira

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Welcome to Murder Week: A Novel

Genre Fiction

Gallery/Scout Press

Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters

TRIGIANI, ADRIANA

MacLean, Sarah

James, Eloisa

Lipman, Elinor

Quincy, Diana

Payne, Nikki

Harding, Emily

Bellezza, Audrey

Short Stories & Anthologies

GALLERY BOOKS

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