While (in reality) Louise Brooks may have been the star, in this novel it’s Cora Carlisle that captures our hearts. I was unable to put down this engaging story once started so much so that when my ipod fell to the floor and gasped its final breath last night, I found myself rushing to reach the store prior to its closing so I could grudgingly replace the traitorous device. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt a book was as lovely and touching as “The Chaperone” turned out to be. Over the course of the summer, Cora’s eyes are opened to the promise of the 20th century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, it liberates her in a way she could not have imagined.
Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will change their lives forever.įor Cora, New York holds the promise of discovery that might prove an answer to the question at the center of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in a strange and bustling city, she embarks on her own mission. She has no idea what she’s in for: Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous blunt bangs and black bob, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Cora Carlisle is a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone who is neither mother nor friend.
Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, a 15-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big in New York. The Chaperone is 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.
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