One of our Great Reads You May Have Missed in 2012.
I am reminded of the 20s musical number "Anything Goes" here, for in "The Chaperone" it certainly does. This is 20s New York, the girl being chaperoned is the young Louise Brooks (the silent filmstar) and the whole prohibition and explosive atmosphere of the period is superbly realised.
Our heroine is orphaned Cora, the chaperone, a lovely character in a dead-end marriage, bent on finding her biological family. What she discovers both in her marriage and her old adoption home are secrets that eventually all concerned will take to their graves. Highly recommended.
May 2012 Book of the Month.
On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond her fifteen years. This girl is hungry for stardom and Cora for something she doesn't yet know.
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On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond her fifteen years.
The Chaperone features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Books of the Month, Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
The Chaperone was written by Laura Moriarty and published by Michael Joseph Ltd an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Chaperone has 422 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.
