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Title: The Chaperone

Author: Laura Moriarty

Narrator: Elizabeth McGovern

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-12

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3068 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Chaperone is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change them both.

Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, a 15-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle is a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip. She has no idea what shes in for: Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous blunt bangs and black bob, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will change their lives forever.

For Cora, New York holds the promise of discovery that might prove an answer to the question at the center of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in a strange and bustling city, she embarks on her own mission. And while what she finds isnt what she anticipated, it liberates her in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of the summer, Coras eyes are opened to the promise of the 20th century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive.

Members Reviews:

Perfection.

Its been a long time since Ive felt a book was as lovely and touching as The Chaperone turned out to be. I was unable to put down this engaging story once started; so much so that when my ipod fell to the floor and gasped its final breath last night, I found myself rushing to reach the store prior to its closing so I could grudgingly replace the traitorous device.

While (in reality) Louise Brooks may have been the star, in this novel its Cora Carlisle that captures our hearts. We join Cora in 1922, during the summer of her 36th year. For reasons that will soon be reveled, she has decided to chaperone a then 15 year old Louise from Wichita Kansas to New York City, so Louise may participate in a dancing program she has been accepted to. I was amazed at how complete and authentic Cora was; reminding me of my mother, or the stories she tells me of my grandmother, at every turn. It would be so easy for an author to sell a character like this short; representing her strength but not her fear, or her fear without the background that caused it, or highlighting her open mind without bothering to first show us the searching or struggle gone through in order to open that mind. What makes us honorable in life is not what comes easily, but rather that which has been hard fought. As we look back on Coras first 36 years, and follow her through the rest of her life, we are presented with a picture of a complete, strong, and kind woman that I will miss now that the story is over.

Ive always been a fan of Elizabeth McGovern, and the narration was superb, treating Cora with the grace and dignity she deserved.

I really dont know how I'll be able to move from this special story to any other book. It leaves all other options looking a bit lackluster.

The Bee's Knees and So Much More

The Chaperone simultaneously depicts the changing social culture during the 1920's, as well as the feminist self-awakening of small town Wichitan, Cora Carlisle.