Author: Laura Moriarty
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Review: The Chaperone is a pleasant if not particularly memorable historical fiction-ish book. The plot focuses mainly on Cora and her desire to find out more about her past, which is based on true event of the time. The side story of Louise and her antics while at the Denishawn Company serve as a backdrop and almost a catalyst for Cora to shake up her life.
The strategy works until the end of the book, once Cora returns to Kansas and Louise becomes a star. Then the chapters almost seem hurried as we fast forward through the rest of Cora's and Louise's life. If the book had ended with New York and perhaps a short afterword on what happened to both women I think it would have been better.
For me this was a good summer "beach" read, light and enjoyable.
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Have a blessed day.
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