TY  - BOOK
AU  - Close,Jennifer
TI  - The hopefuls
SN  - 9781683241270
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Thorndike, Maine
PB  - Center Point Large Print
KW  - Married people
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Humorous fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Large type books
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - Political fiction
N2  - When Beth arrives in DC, she hates everything about it: the confusing traffic circles, the ubiquitous Ann Taylor suits, the humidity that descends each summer. At dinner parties, guests compare their security clearance levels. They leave their BlackBerrys on the table. They speak in acronyms. And once they realize Beth doesn't work in politics, they smile blandly and turn away. Soon Beth and her husband, Matt, meet a charismatic White House staffer named Jimmy, and his wife, Ashleigh, and the four become inseparable, coordinating brunches, birthdays, and long weekends away. But as Jimmy's star rises higher and higher, the couples' friendship, and Beth's relationship with Matt, is threatened by jealousy, competition, and rumors
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