{"id":13052,"date":"2011-09-14T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=13052"},"modified":"2011-08-30T18:08:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T00:08:26","slug":"girls-in-white-dresses-by-jennifer-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/girls-in-white-dresses-by-jennifer-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocn687652677&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13058 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/untitled1.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simple writing and complex, yet realistic,\u00a0characters make Jennifer Close&#8217;s <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocn687652677&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\">Girls in White Dresses<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0a great choice for a leisurely\u00a0summer read.\u00a0 The book follows a group of recent college graduates, Isabella, Mary and Lauren (plus a host of their mutual friends) as they maneuver new\u00a0lives in New York with its ever-present trials and tribulations.\u00a0 They each have their share of new boyfriends, new jobs and more than an abundant supply of engagement parties and weddings to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the book, Close presents a funny and vivid\u00a0portrayal of the complex relationship between friends.\u00a0 Her accurate representation of the misunderstandings, the fights and\u00a0the ultimate close bond between\u00a0these young women rings true and I would imagine many readers of this book will see either themselves or their friends in the pages of <em><strong>Girls in White Dresses!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple writing and complex, yet realistic,\u00a0characters make Jennifer Close&#8217;s Girls in White Dresses\u00a0a great choice for a leisurely\u00a0summer read.\u00a0 The book follows a group of recent college graduates, Isabella, Mary and Lauren (plus a host of their mutual friends) as they maneuver new\u00a0lives in New York with its ever-present trials<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/girls-in-white-dresses-by-jennifer-close\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[1721,1588,680,532,679],"class_list":["post-13052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-engagements","tag-heartbreak","tag-relationships","tag-weddings","tag-womens-friendships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-3ow","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13052"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13147,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052\/revisions\/13147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}