Julia kelly1/31/2024 Her second friend, Katherine Norman, is the even more interesting. Her drinking problem and controlling nature become more serious as the Season progresses. She felt a little like a kitten in a pet shop window, peered at as potential owners decided whether or not she was suitable to bring home.” (45)Įarly on Lily is befriended by Leana Hartford, a favorite for “Deb of the Year.” She is a diplomat’s daughter whose family triggers disapproval with Lily’s mummy for unknown reasons. “…she could sense them taking in her hair, face, dress, shoes, figure. Every detail of their appearance, deportment, and family pedigree is scrutinized. They all want to receive the right invitations to meet the right sort of people so they can marry well. Lily has little choice, so there will be couture gowns and champagne in her future.Īfter the presentation at court there are five months of tea parties, cocktail soirees, and grand balls. “ …one chance to charm the right sort of man, or you will be left with so few options for a husband.” “A husband?” she whispered, suddenly feeling a strange new sympathy for every heroine of every nineteenth- century novel she’d ever read.” (9) Unfortunately, her grandmama holds the purse strings and supports them all. Her father died when she was young (under puzzling circumstances), her older sister is estranged from her family after a scandal, and her mummy has been living in seclusion since Lily was born. She does not have much of a chance at success. When her grandmama tells her that she will be a debutante she is reluctant. Lily Nichols is eighteen, a talented dressmaker, loves to read, and is hoping to attend university. Whose curtesy will wobble? Who will be Deb of the Year? Who will snag a rich, titled husband? In The Last Dance of the Debutante, bestselling author Julia Kelly follows the lives of three very different young debs as they navigate their coming out Season. In 1957, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed that the ceremony would cease, and the final year of presentations would be 1958. The ceremony heralded in a new crop of debutantes and the official opening of the Season. It involved an official invitation from the Palace, the proper bespoke gown, and a steady, deep curtsey in front of their sovereign. Once upon a time, every young lady who was anyone in British society was presented at court.
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