An instant New York Times bestseller!Chosen as one of Summers Best Books by People MagazineFeatured in Time Magazines Summer ReadingEntertainment Weeklys Summer Must ListGood Housekeeping Beach Reads FeatureA witty tale about a high-society wannabe...Little is more delicious than watching an ambitious but tragically flawed protagonist brought down - especially in a designer cocktail dress. -The Washington PostEveryone yearns to belong, to be part of the in crowd, but how far are you willing to go to be accepted? In the case of bright, funny and socially ambitious Evelyn Beegan, the answer is much too far...At 26, Evelyn is determined to carve her own path in life and free herself from the influence of her social-climbing mother, who propelled her through prep school and onto New Yorks glamorous Upper East Side.