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The chaperone

"A novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her to New York City for a summer, in 1922, and how it changes both their lives"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author:	Moriarty, Laura, 1970-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Riverhead Books, c2012.
Subjects:	Brooks, Louise, > 1906-1985 > Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses > Fiction. Middle-aged women > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > Fiction. Biographical fiction > New York.
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Summary:	"A novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her to New York City for a summer, in 1922, and how it changes both their lives"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	371 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	9781594487019 (hardback) 1594487014 (hardback)
Author Notes:	Laura Moriarty was born in 1970 in Honolulu, HI. She attended the University of Kansas to earn her degree in social work and later her M.A. in Creative Writing. She went on to be awarded the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. She soon became a professor of Creative Writing at the University of Kansas. It was then that she started her writing career. Her title's include: While I'm Falling, The Rest of Her Life, The Center of Everything, and The Chaperone. (Bowker Author Biography)