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The Chanel sisters / Judithe Little.
Little imagines the relationship between Coco Chanel and her younger sister, Antoinette, in this admirable fictional biography. The story of the sisters' onerous childhood begins in 1897 after their mother dies when they are 11 and eight, and their father, a wandering peddler, abandons the family and gives the girls to a convent orphanage. Later chapters follow Coco's trajectory from Paris hatmaker to fashion force of nature, as well as both sisters' shifting fortunes in romance.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781525895951 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 379 pages
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Graydon House, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes discussion questions |
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| Subject: | Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. Fashion designers > France > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Raised by pious nuns, Antoinette, the younger sister of Gabrielle âCocoâ Chanel, escapes to Paris, where her shared effort to launch a fashion brand is challenged by discriminating conventions and the horrors of World War I. Simultaneous. 100,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Raised by pious nuns, Antoinette, the younger sister of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, escapes to Paris, where her shared effort to launch a fashion brand is challenged by discriminating conventions and the horrors of World War I. - Harlequin
A USA Today and Globe and Mail bestseller!
A novel of survival, love, loss, triumphâand the sisters who changed fashion forever
Antoinette and Gabrielle âCocoâ Chanel know theyâre destined for something better. Abandoned by their family at a young age, theyâve grown up under the guidance of nuns preparing them for simple lives as the wives of tradesmen or shopkeepers. At night, their secret stash of romantic novels and magazine cutouts beneath the floorboards are all they have to keep their dreams of the future alive.
The walls of the convent canât shield them forever, and when theyâre finally of age, the Chanel sisters set out together with a fierce determination to prove themselves worthy to a society that has never accepted them. Their journey propels them out of poverty and to the stylish cafés of Moulins, the dazzling performance halls of Vichyâand to a small hat shop on the rue Cambon in Paris, where a boutique business takes hold and expands to the glamorous French resort towns.
But the sistersâ lives are again thrown into turmoil when World War I breaks out, forcing them to make irrevocable choices, and theyâll have to gather the courage to fashion their own places in the world, even if apart from each other.
âThe Chanel Sisters explores with care the timeless need for belonging, purpose, and love, and the heartâs relentless pursuit of these despite daunting odds. Beautifully told to the last page.â âSusan Meissner, bestselling author of The Last Year of the War
