NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 課｢ The author of The Aviator課ｪs Wife returns with a triumphant new novel about New York課ｪs 課ﾏSwans課� of the 1950s課ﾓand the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley.People課ｪs Book of the Week 課｢ USA Today課ｪs #1 課ﾏNew and Noteworthy課� Book 課｢ Entertainment Weekly課ｪs Must List 課｢ LibraryReads Top Ten PickOf 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課ﾓ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課ﾓ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 entrﾌｩe into the enviable lives of Manhattan課ｪs elite, along with unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe課ｪs powerful circle. Sure of the loyalty of the man she calls 課ﾏTrue Heart,課� Babe never imagines the destruction Truman will leave in his wake. But once a storyteller, always a storyteller課ﾓeven when the stories aren課ｪt his to tell.Truman課ｪ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課ｪ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課ｪs most sumptuous eras.Praise for The Swans of Fifth Avenue課ﾏExceptional storytelling . . . teeming with scandal, gossip and excitement.課揄ﾛﾓHarper課ｪs Bazaar課ﾏThis moving fictionalization brings the whole cast of characters back to vivid life. Gossipy and fun, it課ｪs also a nuanced look at the beauty and cruelty of a rarefied, bygone world.課揄ﾛﾓPeople課ﾏThe era and the sordid details come back to life in this jewel of a novel.課揄ﾛﾓO: The Oprah Magazine
Dimensions: 132 x 203
Author: Melanie Benjamin
ISBN: 9780345528704
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400