Elegance Louise C wants what Jackie O had Unhappy with her looks her life and her empty marriage Louise Canova needs help and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore A forty year old encyclopedia of style ti

Louise C wants what Jackie O had Unhappy with her looks, her life, and her empty marriage, Louise Canova needs help and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore A forty year old encyclopedia of style titled Elegance, this slim volume by formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux promises to transform even the plainest of women into creatures of poise and grace.Louise C wants what Jackie O had Unhappy with her looks, her life, and her empty marriage, Louise Canova needs help and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore A forty year old encyclopedia of style titled Elegance, this slim volume by formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux promises to transform even the plainest of women into creatures of poise and grace It is a fairy godmother in print, an A to Z manual with essential advice that Louise vows to take to heart But within its pages lie not only clues from her past, but also powerful lessons for the future And as the old Louise gives way to the stunning new, she s about to find out that there s to every life than what appears on the surface and that everything, even elegance, has its price.
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✓ Elegance ✓ Kathleen Tessaro
204 Kathleen Tessaro

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kathleen attended the University of Pittsburgh before entering the drama program of Carnegie Mellon University In the middle of her sopho year, she went to study in London for three months and stayed for the next twenty three years She began writing at the suggestion of a friend and was an early member of the Wimpole Street Writer s Workshop Her debut novel, Elegance, became a bestseller in hardback and paperback All of Kathleen s novels Elegance, Innocence, The Flirt, The Debutante, The Perfume Collector, and Rare Objects have been translated into many languages and sold all over the world She returned to Pittsburgh in 2009, where she now lives with her husband and son.