The chaperone., [a novel], by Laura Moriarty, MP3
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The chaperone., [a novel], by Laura Moriarty, MP3
Language
eng
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not applicable
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The chaperone.
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Oclc number
769185920
Responsibility statement
by Laura Moriarty
Sub title
[a novel]
Summary
In the summer of 1922, only a few years before she became a famous actress of the silent screen and an icon for her generation, fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks left Wichita to make it big in New York. Much to her annoyance, she was accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone who was neither mother nor friend. For the chaperone, Cora Carlisle, New York holds the promise of discovery that might provide solace to a lifetime of yearning, and so even as she does her best to endure and watch over Louise in a strange and bustling city, she secretly perseveres on her own mission. She does indeed make a great discovery, and though it isn't the one she anticipates, it liberates her in a way she could not have imagined. The United States has been steadily moving out of the Victorian era and into the modern world, but the pace has been so much quicker in New York. Over the course of the summer, Cora's eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century, and she returns to Kansas with a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive
Target audience
adult
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- 1898-1951
- Audiobooks
- Fiction
- History
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985 -- Fiction
- New York (State) + New York
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Manners and customs
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Middle-aged women
- Middle-aged women -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor3
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject15
- 1898-1951
- Audiobooks
- Fiction
- History
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985 -- Fiction
- New York (State) + New York
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Manners and customs
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Middle-aged women
- Middle-aged women -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Content1
- Narrator1
- Mapped to1