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The Chaperone
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The Chaperone (2012) (edit title/settings)

by Laura Moriarty (Author) (edit contributors)

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A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change them both.

Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make... read more

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  • “"Men don't want candy that's been unwrapped. Maybe for a lark, but not when it comes to marriage. It may still be perfectly clean, but if it's unwrapped, they don't know where it's been."”
    Cora to Louise
  • “It was as if she had become a person not just unknown but unknowable, and it bothered her to think that her grasp on herself was so weak that she needed steady reminding from people at home who knew her to feel like herself at all.”
    Cora
  • “Don't cast a kitten.”
    Louise Brooks
  • “They only know what they see, and they see you and think they know you, and then you think they do, too. The outside gets on the inside. It's no good.”
    Louise Brooks

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Wichita, KS; New York City, NY
  • McPherson, KS: A farming town in Kansas where Cora lived after her adoption.
  • Wichita, KS: The big city, where Cora lives with her husband.
  • New York City, NY: The large city where Cora accompanied Louise. Louise felt NYC was home.

Organizations edit see section history

  • Denishawn Dance Troupe: The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California, helped many perfect their dancing talents. ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denishawn_School_of_Dancing_and_Related_Arts
  • The New York Home for Friendless Girls: Catholic orphanage

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The first time Cora heard the name Louise Brooks, she was parked outside the Wichita Library in a Model- T Ford, waiting for the rain to stop.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 21
Acknowledgements

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in 2012 Published Books. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Laura Moriarty (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: April 26, 2012
ISBN: 0718158970
Page Count: 432

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  • Library of Congress: PS3613.O75C47
  • Dewey: 813

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