The Daily Beast. "The Chaperone," an enchanting, luminous new novel by Laura Moriarty, fictionalizes the tale of the very real caretaker who accompanied a year-old Louise Brooks on the first leg of her journey to silent-movie stardom Moriarty is a lovely writer, warm and wise."—/5(K). Book Summary. A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in , and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big in New York. The Chaperone is a work of historical fiction written by American author Laura Moriarty and published in The novel portrays the Jazz Age of the s in America through a feminine lens. It was inspired by historical people and events, primarily the s silent-film actress Louise Brooks.
It's impossible not to be completely drawn in by The Chaperone. Laura Moriarty has delivered the richest and realest possible heroine in Cora Carlisle, a Wichita housewife who has her mind and heart blown wide open, and steps - with uncommon courage - into the fullness of her life. What a beautiful book. I loved every page. Early life and education. Moriarty was born in Honolulu in She earned a degree in social work before earning an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of www.doorway.ru was the recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.. Career. According to Moriarty, her debut novel (The Center Of Everything) was deeply influenced by a. The Chaperone opens with Cora Carlisle waiting out a rainstorm in a car with a friend when she hears about Louise Brooks for the first time. What do we learn about Cora in this scene? What does it tell us about her and the world she lives in? Why does Laura Moriarty, the author, choose to open the novel this way?
But in Laura Moriarty's engaging new novel The Chaperone, Brooks is just a hyper-precocious and bratty year-old, and our protagonist, year-old Cora Carlisle, has the not-easy mission of keeping the teenager virtuous while on a trip from their native Kansas to New York City. After a battle of wills, there's a sudden change of destiny for. The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty is a book of historical fiction. The central character, the chaperone referred to in the title, is the fictional character Cora X, a child brought out to Kansas on an orphan train. Her name will become Cora Kaufman after adoption and then after marriage Cora Carlisle. The Chaperone is a work of historical fiction written by American author Laura Moriarty and published in The novel portrays the Jazz Age of the s in America through a feminine lens. It was inspired by historical people and events, primarily the s silent-film actress Louise Brooks. Moriarty lives in Lawrence, Kansas, and the book.
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