The Chaperone

The Chaperone
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Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton AbbeyÂ starring Elizabeth McGovern,Â The ChaperoneÂ isÂ a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both.
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Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what sheâ€™s in for. Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever.
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For Cora, the city holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at the core of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place she embarks on a mission of her own. And while what she finds isnâ€™t what she anticipated, she is liberated in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of Coraâ€™s relationship with Louise, her eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive.
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Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s, â€™30s, and beyondâ€”from the orphan trains to Prohibition, flappers, Â and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights and new opportunities for womenâ€”Laura Moriartyâ€™sÂ TheÂ ChaperoneÂ illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time and what a vast difference it all made for Louise Brooks, Cora Carlisle, and others like them.
Country USA
Brand Riverhead Books
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781594631436
Color White
ReleaseDate 2013-06-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781594631436

Country	USA
Brand	Riverhead Books
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781594631436
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2013-06-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781594631436

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