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Now reissued with a beautiful and modern new cover, the debut novel from the bestselling and beloved author of THE PERFUME COLLECTOR.
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, the 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 more to every life than what appears on the surface ... and that everything, even elegance, has its price.
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"An irresistible love story and self-help manual rolled into one."--Elle
"A lively, irresistible read."--Publishers Weekly
"Through vivid descriptions, lively mishaps and devastating details, Tessaro serves up a witty, original, fast-moving debut."--USA Today
"Ultra-smart and classily edgy."--Sunday Times (UK)
"An appealing first novel. . . . the fashion details are vivid and atmospheric. . . . the friendships that develop through the book are drawn carefully and with insight."--Independent (UK)
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"A lively, irresistible read."--Publishers Weekly
"Through vivid descriptions, lively mishaps and devastating details, Tessaro serves up a witty, original, fast-moving debut."--USA Today
"Ultra-smart and classily edgy."--Sunday Times (UK)
"An appealing first novel. . . . the fashion details are vivid and atmospheric. . . . the friendships that develop through the book are drawn carefully and with insight."--Independent (UK)
Several years ago now, I had the good fortune to stumble across an extroadinary book in a second-hand bookshop entitled Elegance by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux. Years later, when I decided to write a book myself, it became the guiding inspiration for this novel.
By generous permission of the original author, I have been allowed to use a selection of the original headings and have adapted them to suit my story. (Only the entry for B for Beauty remains wholly my own.) However, much of the tone and certainly the most brilliant gems of advice belong entirely to Madame Antoine Dariaux herself.
It is with enormous gratitude that I wish to acknowledge her contributions to this book and to thank her for being both my muse and the touchstone of all that is elegant for these past two and a half years. She is, I can assure you, even more gracious and enchanting in person than her wonderful words of wisdom reveal.
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- PublisherHarper Paperbacks
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0060522275
- ISBN 13 9780060522278
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