The Last Debutantes: A Novel

A Paperback OriginalFans of The Kennedy Debutante and Last Year in
Havana will love Georgie Blalock’s new novel of a world on the cusp of
change…set on the eve of World War II in the glittering world of English
society and one of the last debutante seasons.

They danced the night away, knowing their world was
about to change forever. They were the debutantes of 1939, laughing on the
outside, but knowing tragedy— and a war—was just around the corner.

When Valerie de Vere Cole, the niece of Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain, makes her deep curtsey to the King and Queen of England,
she knows she’s part of a world about to end. The daughter of a debt-ridden
father and a neglectful mother, Valerie sees firsthand that war is imminent.

Nevertheless, Valerie reinvents herself as a
carefree and glittering young society woman, befriending other debutantes from
England’s aristocracy as well as the vivacious Eunice Kennedy, daughter of the
U.S. Ambassador. Despite her social success, the world’s troubles and
Valerie’s fear of loss and loneliness prove impossible to ignore.

How will she navigate her new life when everything in her
past has taught her that happiness and stability are as fragile as peace in our
time? For the moment she will forget her cares in too much champagne and
waltzes. Because very soon, Valerie knows that she must find the inner strength
to stand strong and carry on through the challenges of life and love and war.