The hopefuls / Jennifer Close.
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TextPublisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Large print editionDescription: 487 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781683241270Subject(s): Married people -- Fiction | Political culture -- Fiction | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- FictionGenre/Form: Humorous fiction. | Large type books. | Domestic fiction. | Political fiction. DDC classification: 813/.6 Summary: 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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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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