![]() ![]() Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s, ’30s, and beyond-from the orphan trains to Prohibition, flappers, and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights and new opportunities for women- The Chaperone illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time and what a vast difference it all made for Louise, Cora, and others like them. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. ![]() Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change. The summer she spends as a chaperone in New York alters the course of the rest of her life. ![]() One summer she travels as a chaperone for a 15 year old girl named Louise Brooks who has the chance to study modern dance in NYC. 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. In The Chaperone, Moriarty gives us a historically detailed and nuanced portrayal of the social upheaval that spilled into every corner of American life by 1922. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she’s in for. It is the story of a woman who was orphaned at an early age in NYC and is sent to the Midwest on an orphan train. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a 36-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a 15-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, KS, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. ![]()
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