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Unhappy with her looks, her life, and her empty marriage, Louise Canova needs help -- and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore. A forty-year-old encyclopedia of style titled Elegance, this slim volume by formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux promises to transform even the plainest... read more
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- Louise: Add a description of this character.
- Colin
- Madame Dariaux: The author of a book that inspired the main character for life change.
- Eddie
- Lisa
- Nicki
- Oliver Wendt
- Mona
- Clive
- Mrs. Simpson-stock
- Louie
- Cohn
- Andy
- Dan
- Lavender
- Patrick
- Darren
- Dr. Finegold
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“Refuse to be seduced by anything <anyone> that is not first class... Life is too short...and there's music.”
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It's a freezing cold night in February and my husband and I are standing outside of the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathleen Tessaro (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Country: London, England
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0007746938
Page Count: 262
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Country: London, England
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0007746938
Page Count: 262
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- Dewey: 813.6
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