Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big 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, has her own reasons for making the trip-and no idea what she's in for. Louise, already stunningly beautiful, is known for her arrogance and lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend ...
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Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big 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, has her own reasons for making the trip-and no idea what she's in for. Louise, already stunningly beautiful, is known for her arrogance and lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will change their lives. For Cora, New York holds the promise of discovery that might prove solace to a lifetime of yearning, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in the bustling city, she embarks on her own mission. While what she finds isn't what she anticipated, it liberates her in a way she could not have imagined.
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this was a book club book. Our club loved it and would recommend it to anyone. The author writes so well you forget that the heroine is fictional. Well done.
