The Beautiful People, Michelle Gable
The Beautiful People, Michelle Gable
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The Beautiful People

Author: Michelle Gable

Narrator: Eleanor Caudill

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2024


Synopsis

Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set—a failed debutante's new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beach’s inner circle, and into a beguiling friendship with the star at its center, fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer

“This glittering novel shines as brightly as its heroine. A true delight.” —Nicola Harrison, author of Hotel Laguna

Washington Post Best Book of April * PureWow Best Book of Summer * Woman's World Best Book of the Week

It’s 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she’s just been hired as assistant to photographer Slim Aarons—famous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood stars—and she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better.

From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is thrown headfirst into the glamorous jet-set world she so covets, observing its ways from behind the camera as Slim’s sidekick. There’s Jackie Kennedy, Truman Capote's Swans, a host of Vanderbilts. Beautiful people in beautiful places.

But when they land in Palm Beach, a scene with few rules and many riches, the lines between work and play begin to blur. As Margo becomes swept up in the city’s social circle—and into a friendship with heiress and rising fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer—the golden life seems increasingly in reach. Until she finds herself entangled in a complicated web of loyalties and secrets that could bring it all crashing down…

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About Michelle Gable

MICHELLE GABLE is the New York Times bestselling author ofeight novels, including A Paris Apartment, The Bookseller’s Secret, TheBeautiful People, and Darling Beasts. A San Diegonative and graduate of the College of William & Mary, Michelle lives inCardiff-by-the-Sea, California, with her husband, nearly grown daughters, andtwo Jindos rescued from the dog meat trade. Find her on Instagram, Twitter, orPinterest, @mgablewriter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on April 15, 2024

Margo Hightower is sure hers will be the next wedding she attends, due to her step-father Sandy being investigated by the FBI and instead her fiancée dumps her. Margo gets a job as an assistant to photographer Slim Aarons, he started taking photos during the Second World War and now he takes picture......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 17, 2024

I really had fun with this one! What a great palate cleanser! This historical fiction takes place in the 1960’s while Slim Aarons photography was all the rage! He loved photographing the beautiful people! We follow Daisy and her friends Margo Hightower who was recently dumped by the man she thought......more

Goodreads review by Literary on October 29, 2023

The 1960s Jet Set bursts to life in this colorful novel that shifts from Acapulco to New York to Palm Beach, with famed high society photog Slim Aarons, Jackie Kennedy, a bevy of Vanderbilts, Capote’s “swans,” and beloved designer Lilly Pulitzer. Captivating!......more

Goodreads review by Faye on June 08, 2024

EDIT: I felt guilty about DNFing this book so went back and finished reading it. The characters remained insufferable but I guess that's the point of the story. It did pick up I'm the second half and I actually really enjoyed going through some of the photos referenced throughout the story on Getty......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on January 03, 2025

This is my first Michelle Gable book and it was a good holiday read. I’ve marked two more of Gable’s to read and she obviously enjoys research because she has certainly done it here. And I enjoy seeing how other writers do their research. 1961 is almost at the very end of the period I write about (19......more