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The Chaperone (2012)

by Laura Moriarty(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1594487014 (ISBN13: 9781594487019)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Riverhead Hardcover

review 1: This book started off really good, and I was eagerly awaiting what Cora would find out about her mother.... however the story faded away when she met Mary O'Dell and was told to never contact her again. I really hoped Cora would at least go to Hay-verill just once, but she was not as interesting to me after going back home and living in the weirdest family situation for those times. The book was so promising but completely fell flat
review 2: Moriarty's The Chaperone is a well-researched fictional biography of two women: real silent film star Louise Brooks and her fictional thirty-six-year-old chaperone, Cora Carlisle. Traditional Cora disapproves of Louise and her family so openly misbehaving while Cora keeps all of her skeletons securely locked in the closet.... more Set in 1922 the action takes place with Cora accompanying fifteen-year-old Louise to New York to launch her dancing career. It's quite a change from Wichita, Kansas, and Cora is ripe for change. I thoroughly enjoyed the story's tension, setting and characters until the development of the Joseph character. The authenticity and credibility went south from there with a disappointing ending. The female characters were much stronger than the males in more ways than one. Good read regardless of the ending. less

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