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The Chaperone

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Chaperone

By Laura Moriarty

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About the book

On a summer's day in 1922, Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, charged with the care of a stunningly beautiful young girl with a jet-black bob and wisdom way beyond her fifteen years.The girl is Louise Brooks and, for her, New York offers a chance of stardom beneath the bright lights of Broadway. For Cora, whose formative years were spent at The New York Home for Friendless Girls, the trip offers the opportunity to discover the truth about her past. It will also,...Show more

Historical fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780241392843

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Chaperone

Format

Paperback

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