Rich People in Santa Barbara by Gilchrist, Elizabeth
Rich People in Santa Barbara by Gilchrist, Elizabeth

Rich People in Santa Barbara

The intersecting worlds of the two novellas in Rich People in Santa Barbra are worlds of privilege,...
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Author: Elizabeth Gilchrist
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Rich People in Santa Barbara by Gilchrist, Elizabeth

Rich People in Santa Barbara

$33.60
Rich People in Santa Barbara by Gilchrist, Elizabeth

Rich People in Santa Barbara

$33.60
Author: Elizabeth Gilchrist
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
The intersecting worlds of the two novellas in Rich People in Santa Barbra are worlds of privilege, worlds with eerie shadows beneath the surface.

In Montecito Peak, Barbara Palmer, who is very rich--"I was born lucky"--is a good mother to fourteen-year-old Betsy, the guiding light of Bird of Paradise Books, an involved member of the Concours d'Elegance committee. But emotionally she's treading water. Her husband is a peevish alcoholic. He's a terrible father. No one would think less of her if she divorced him. But he would still always be in her life being a drag. Then one day Barbara falls in love with Mike Brooke. A reciprocated love. The odious husband has to go.

In The Polo Club, Lydia Graham is a garden designer who grew up in Montecito. Her husband is a longboard surfer who's good at making money. He's a great father to their fifteen-year-old daughter. It's a happy marriage. Then Hunter Evans, a man whom Lydia knew when she was fourteen and he was thirty-two, returns to Santa Barbara. Socially connected, still terribly attractive--and a dubious character--he rents a condo at the Polo Club. He understands Lydia all too well, and suddenly he's a danger to her marriage. This cannot be allowed.

Author: Elizabeth Gilchrist
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.92w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9781644285367

About the Author
ELIZABETH GILCHRIST was born in Santa Barbara, California and lived much of her life there. She was head room mother at Marymount School, and an editor of Destination Wine Country Magazine. Neither of her two previous novels, Your Cheatin' Heart and Second Chances, was set in Santa Barbara. Rich People in Santa Barbara is her Santa Barbara book, the one she's always wanted to write. She now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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