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When Carlisle Wainwright Cushing, of the old-moneyed Texas Wainwrights, moved to Boston three years ago to work at one of the city's most prestigious divorce law firms, she thought she had escaped the high society she'd grown up in - after all, no one in Boston, not even her fiance, knew she was an heiress. But now, Carlisle has been lured back to Texas to deal with her mother's latest divorce and the family-sponsored 100th annual debutante ball, which is on the verge of collapse. She's afraid she'll never get back to Boston, at least with her reputation intact, especially when good 'ole Southern boy Jack Blair shows up on the opposite side of the divorce court, making her wonder if he's going after her mother in the proceedings--or her.

Carlisle's trip home challenges her sense of who she really is and forces her to face her family's secrets. Funny, smart, and poignant, The Ex-Debutante is a story about the risks one woman must take if she stands a chance of finding herself, real love, and her place in that crazy thing we call family.

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Praise for THE EX-DEBUTANTE by Linda Francis Lee <p><br> Original with fresh sparks of wit, Lee offers a story about the importance of family, unconditional love and looking beyond the false surface of perfection. The Ex-Debutante battles the impossible need to both leave home and return home--and in the process she teaches us something about the grace of looking beyond image and embracing the messy imperfections of love, family and home. -Patti Callahan Henry, bestselling author of Between the Tides <p><br> I adored The Ex-Debutante and seriously read it in one don't-interrupt-me-on-penalty-of-death sitting. Linda's voice is so lively and vibrant and fun--and the story was completely compelling. -Beth Harbison, bestselling author of Shoe Addicts Anonymous <p><br> The Ex-Debutante is fun, witty and totally fabulous, -Rachel Gibson, New York Times bestselling author of Tangled Up in You <br>Praise for The Devil in the Junior League Not even the requisite happy ending can blunt Lee's deliciously sharp jabs at Texas blue bloods. - Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A-) Lee's details about how the blue-blood women dress, talk, decorate, entertain and conduct themselves...keep the pages turning. - USA Today Wickedly funny. - Booklist

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