The Chaperone
New York : Penguin Audio, [2012]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Description: 11 sound discs (CD) (approximately 13 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm
Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing 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 with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she's in for. Young 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. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever.
Subjects:
Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985 -- Fiction.
1898 - 1951
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985 -- Fiction.
1898 - 1951
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781611761283
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD F Moriarty [11 DISC] | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book on CD Fiction | In |
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Unabridged.
Sound recording.
Read by Elizabeth McGovern.
Sound recording.
Read by Elizabeth McGovern.