The Chaperone in Our Shared Shelf

Jan 29, 2015 Alex rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, fiction

Beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

I can see how this novel wouldn't be for everyone, how some could find it lingering and boring, but for me it was stunning in how it captures both the mundane and interesting aspects of a person - how something you thought would be meaningful turns out to be void of anything and how something completely ordinary can change your life.

Cora was a worthy subject. She was at times very unlikable but also a slave to her era and for that reason totally forgiva ...more

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Jun 09, 2014 Danielle rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

I'm truly interested in the post WWI/pre WW2 era of silent film history, and the women's movement, and I was really excited to read this title. Louise Brooks is also a fascinating character from that era of film, and it was really interesting to see a fictionalized, but supremely well researched, story about her last summer in the shadow of normalcy.

I also really clung to main character Cora, the chaperone whose filter we see all of Louise's actions through. She is a strong, stubborn but tender ...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Amy (Bossy Bookworm) rated it really liked it

1920s and on, in KS and NYC, an unlikely pair of women whose paths intersect and whose lives take unexpected turns. Some of the revelations may be too easy but I really liked seeing the passage of time and how social acceptance of certain behaviors changed.

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