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Little, Judithe,

The Chanel sisters : a novel / Judithe Little. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, [2020] - 379 pages ; 23 cm

Includes questions for discussion.

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. Abandoned by their family, Antoinette and Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel grew up under the guidance of pious nuns preparing them for simple lives as the wives of tradesmen or shopkeepers. When they came of age, the sisters set out together with a fierce determination to prove themselves worthy to a society that has never accepted them. Their journey propelled them out of poverty and to the stylish cafés of Moulins, the dazzling performance halls of Vichy-- and to a small hat shop on the rue Cambon in Paris, where a business takes hold and expands to the glamorous French resort towns-- just before World War I breaks out. -- adapted from back cover

ISBN: 9781525895951 1525895958 9781525806384 1525806386

Standard No.: 065373028990 80638

Source: Harlequin Books, C/O Harpercollins 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 SAN 200-2086

Subjects--Personal Names:
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 --Fiction.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1914-1918

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sisters--Fiction.
Fashion designers--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 --Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--Paris.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3612.I87568 / C53 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6