26 Books You Should Read This Spring

The acclaimed author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls is back with The After Party, a gorgeous novel about female friendship, and how our mothers shape our lives. Joan Fortier is the center of the glamorous social scene in 1950s Houston, and her lifelong friend, CeCe, is always right there, by her side. But the insular world is not big enough for Joan, she wants more, leaving CeCe behind to figure out her unknowable best friend. A smart, thoughtful must read.