*The Chaperone* is ย 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. ย Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves
The Chaperone
โ Scribed by Moriarty, Laura
- Book ID
- 108577051
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101585658
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