{"product_id":"our-kind-of-people-paperback","title":"Our Kind of People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/i\u003e will love this \"exuberant novel of manners for our own gilded age\" (Stacy Schiff, author of \u003ci\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e) as we follow the Wilcox family's journey through riches and ruin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmong New York City's Gilded Age elite, one family will defy convention.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Wilcox has one desire: to successfully launch her daughters into society. From the upper crust herself, Helen's unconventional--if happy--marriage has made the girls' social position precarious. Then her husband gambles the family fortunes on an elevated railroad that he claims will transform the face of the city and the way the people of New York live, but will it ruin the Wilcoxes first? As daughters Jemima and Alice navigate the rise and fall of their family--each is forced to re-examine who she is, and even who she is meant to love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Marry an English Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, an inspiration for \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a charming and cutthroat tale of a world in which an invitation or an avoided glance can be the difference between fortune and ruin.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wallace \u003c\/b\u003ehas written more than twenty books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eTo Marry an English Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an inspiration for \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of an historical novel, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Van Gogh\u003c\/i\u003e, and a co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Official Preppy Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e. Wallace holds degrees from Princeton University and Columbia University, and is the great-great-granddaughter of Lew Wallace, author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, which was first published in 1880. She currently lives in New York, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.24 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767540941088,"sku":"9780525540021","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b013368daa0b7ce1b936eb7c24c6e243.webp?v=1780312878","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/our-kind-of-people-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}