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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Swans of Fifth Avenue: A Novel (originale 2016; edizione 2016)di Melanie Benjamin (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaThe Swans of Fifth Avenue di Melanie Benjamin (2016)
  
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Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? The author of The Aviator??s Wife returns with a triumphant new novel about New York??s ??Swans? of the 1950s??and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley. People??s Book of the Week ? USA Today??s #1 ??New and Noteworthy? Book ? Entertainment Weekly??s Must List ? LibraryReads Top Ten Pick Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley. Her flawless face regularly graces the pages of Vogue, and she is celebrated and adored for her ineffable style and exquisite taste, especially among her friends??the alluring socialite Swans Slim Keith, C. Z. Guest, Gloria Guinness, and Pamela Churchill. By all appearances, Babe has it all: money, beauty, glamour, jewels, influential friends, a prestigious husband, and gorgeous homes. But beneath this elegantly composed exterior dwells a passionate woman??a woman desperately longing for true love and connection. Enter Truman Capote. This diminutive golden-haired genius with a larger-than-life personality explodes onto the scene, setting Babe and her circle of Swans aflutter. Through Babe, Truman gains an unlikely entrée into the enviable lives of Manhattan??s elite, along with unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe??s powerful circle. Sure of the loyalty of the man she calls ??True Heart,? Babe never imagines the destruction Truman will leave in his wake. But once a storyteller, always a storyteller??even when the stories aren??t his to tell. Truman??s fame is at its peak when such notable celebrities as Frank and Mia Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, and Rose Kennedy converge on his glittering Black and White Ball. But all too soon, he??ll ignite a literary scandal whose repercussions echo through the years. The Swans of Fifth Avenue will seduce and startle readers as it opens the door onto one of America??s most sumptuous eras. Praise for The Swans of Fifth Avenue ??Exceptional storytelling . . . teeming with scandal, gossip and excitement.???Harper??s Bazaar ??This moving fictionalization brings the whole cast of characters back to vivid life. Gossipy and fun, it??s also a nuanced look at the beauty and cruelty of a rarefied, bygone world.???People ??The era and Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Listening to this book, I could just hear my Mom, back in the day when we watched old movies together, responding to the many names of yesteryear in that nostalgic way, “Oh Noel Coward, I wonder what became of him.” And then she would relay some personal tidbit like, “His sister was my best friend Anne’s frequent lunch companion when we were in college.” (I’m making that up, but you get the gist.) That’s not the only reason I enjoyed this book. I had not heard of many of these people and found their pride and their vulnerabilities all very human and compelling. And yes, it did make me sad that the glamour, elegance, and standards of earlier decades have been so thoroughly supplanted by the informalities of subsequent generations.
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