Monday, December 16, 2013

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty 9781611761283 371 pages.



This is my pick as best audiobook I listened to this year. Elizabeth McGovern (favorite actress of Downton Abbey) breathes life and soul into this historical fiction novel. Fifteen year old Louise Brooks is leaving Wichita for the Big Apple and she needs a chaperone. The chaperone she gets, Cora has a complicated back story and a hidden agenda. There are several subplots that touch on racism and homophobia but the search for one’s identity predominates. Richly drawn characters are fleshed out.

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