false<![CDATA[Elegance]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171573119m/107611.jpg10761122<p>Louise C. wants what Jackie O had ...</p> <p>Unhappy with her looks, her life, and her empty marriage, Louise Canova needs help -- and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore. A forty-year-old encyclopedia of style titled <i>Elegance</i>, this slim volume by formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux promises to transform even the plainest of women into creatures of poise and grace. It is a fairy godmother in print, an A-to-Z manual with essential advice that Louise vows to take to heart. But within its pages lie not only clues from her past, but also powerful lessons for the future. And as the old Louise gives way to the stunning new, she's about to find out that there's more to every life than what appears on the surface ... and that everything, even elegance, has its price.</p>1037182003Elegancetotal:581|5:72|4:150|3:241|2:89|1:29|581189075610531falsefalseTue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006Wed Dec 31 06:21:23 -0800 2008Wed Dec 31 06:23:37 -0800 2008 A moderately interesting book, we walk through a self-made makeover as the main character (I've forgotten her name and the book is...more...]]>
10falsefalseTue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Oct 14 13:11:39 -0700 2009Wed Oct 14 13:11:59 -0700 2009 There is a particular passage in the book-within-a-book Elegance that defines, in a far more eloquent way, something I've been trying to pinpoint about the major problem with the fashion industry, and a major problem with western culture in general....more...]]>
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Chic lit book which I would not have picked for myself. OK read.]]>
30falsefalseSun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009Sun Jan 04 09:01:46 -0800 2009Sun Jan 04 09:18:31 -0800 2009 In most modern books, movies, etc. people state what losers they are and describe their bad behavior with no shame. This is...more...]]>
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American woman living in London finds true self with the help of an old book titled Elegance. A nice easy read.]]>
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