![]() Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. “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. ![]() Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she’s in for. “Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a 36-yearold 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, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. ![]() River Head Books of the Penguin Group, the publisher, provided the following information about the book: “‘The Chaperone’ is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louiseīrooks to New York City in the 1920s, and the summer that would change them both. “The Chaperone,” by Laura Moriarty, is the subject of the meeting beginning at 6 p.m. ![]() A story about a woman who chaperoned a real-life silent film star, Louise Brooks, in New York City, will be discussed on Tuesday, May 10, at the Ellis Memorial Library Book Club’s meeting. ![]()
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