Full name: The Hopefuls: A Novel

Author: Jennifer Close Year: 2016 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Chick lit, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781101911457 110191145X

When Beth arrives in Washington, D.C., 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 brunch, birthdays, and long weekends away. But as Jimmy's star rises higher and higher, their friendship--and Beth's relationship with Matt--is threatened by jealousy, competition and rumors. Similar books: The Smart One by Jennifer Close The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagan Digging In by Loretta Nyhan The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi Broken Pieces by Kathleen Long The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley Light on Snow by Anita Shreve The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan Not Perfect by Elizabeth LaBan The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb The Book of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring