Laura Moriarty

En 1922, la arrebatadora y precoz Louise Brooks, de tan solo quince años, y su acompañante, Cora Carlisle, una mujer casada muy tradicional, viajan juntas desde Witchita, Kansas, a Nueva York, la nueva metropolis de moda. Cada una tiene sus propios motivos para hacer ese viaje: la rebelde Louise se ha inscrito en la academia de danza vanguardista Denishawn, porque sueña con llegar a ser una famosa bailarina. Una ilusion que cumplira de largo, convirtiendose en una conocida actriz del cine mudo y en la mujer mas deseada del Hollywood de la epoca. Por su parte, Cora no solo busca escapar de la monotonia de su vida, sino que quiere cumplir un deseo que lleva años postergando: encontrar sus origenes, ya que nunca ha conocido a sus padres. Obligadas a pasar juntas un verano en la fascinante y caleidoscopica ciudad de Nueva York, estas dos mujeres aprenderan a entenderse y descubriran que la vida les tienere servadas muchas sorpresas.

El destino de dos mujeres en un inolvidable verano durante los dorados años veinte en Nueva York.Una encantadora novela sobre dos mujeres muy diferentes: la adolescente Louise Brooks, uno de los iconos del cine mudo, y Cora Carlisle, la mujer que la acompaña en sus primeros pasos por Nueva York. Cuando a Cora Carlisle, la respetable esposa y madre de una ciudad pequeña de Kansas, le ofrecen acompañar a la discola Louise Brooks a Nueva York, para que se forme como bailarina, no se lo piensa dos veces. Nueva York representara un choque para las dos mujeres, y Cora vera re ejada en la joven estrella en ciernes la curiosidad y las ganas de vivir que ella habia soterrado bajo su sentido del deber, y encontrara la valentia para enfrentarse a su pasado y construirse el futuro.

New York in den Goldenen Zwanzigern: Eine turbulente Metropole voller Leben, Musik, Abenteuer - ein aufregendes Versprechen. Als die fünfzehnjährige Louise aus dem verschlafenen Kansas dorthin reist, um Tänzerin zu werden, geht für sie ein Traum in Erfüllung. Hals über Kopf stürzt sich das neugierige, unkonventionelle Mädchen in diese berauschende Welt - sehr zum Missfallen ihrer Anstandsdame Cora, einer Frau mit traditionellen Wertvorstellungen. Doch hinter Coras korrekter Fassade verbirgt sich ein trauriges Schicksal, von dem niemand ahnt. Die Reise nach New York ist für sie eine Reise in die Vergangenheit

Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton AbbeyOn a summer's day in 1922, Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, charged with the care of a stunningly beautiful young girl with a jet-black bob and wisdom way beyond her fifteen years.The girl is Louise Brooks and, for her, New York offers a chance of stardom beneath the bright lights of Broadway. For Cora, whose formative years were spent at The New York Home for Friendless Girls, the trip offers the opportunity to discover the truth about her past. It will also, although she doesn't realize it yet, offer her the chance for a very different future.Set in a time of illicit thrills and daring glamour, a time when prohibition reigns and speakeasies thrive behind closed doors, The Chaperone tells Cora's story as she finally discovers who she is and - more importantly - who she wants to be.'What a beautiful book. I loved every page' Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife'This is that rare, precious and fabulous thing - a proper story, with characters you care about desperately and root for right to the end . . . I can't recommend this novel highly enough' Daily Mail'A lovely novel, full of humanity' Sunday Times

In The Rest of Her Life, Laura Moriarty delivers a luminous, compassionate, and provocative look at how mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the harm they do to one another.Leigh is the mother of high-achieving, popular high school senior Kara. Their relationship is already strained for reasons Leigh does not fully understand when, in a moment of carelessness, Kara makes a mistake that ends in tragedy -- the effects of which not only divide Leighs family, but polarize the entire community. We see the story from Leighs perspective, as she grapples with the hard reality of what her daughter has done and the devastating consequences her actions have on the family of another teenage girl in town, all while struggling to protect Kara in the face of rising public outcry.Like the best works of Jane Hamilton, Jodi Picoult, and Alice Sebold, Laura Moriartys The Rest of Her Life is a novel of complex moral dilemma, filled with nuanced characters and a page-turning plot that makes readers ask themselves, "What would I do"

Critics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice when Laura Moriartys captivating debut novel hit the stores in June 03. Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised The Center of Everything as "warm" and "beguiling."USA Today compared the scrappy yet tender-hearted Evelyn Bucknow to Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. It garnered extensive national attention; from Entertainment Weekly to the Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle, the press raved about the wisdom and poignancy of Moriartys writing. The Book-of-the-Month Club snatched it up as a Main Selection, as did the Literary Guild. It was a USA Today Summer Reading Pick, a BookSense Top 10 Pick, and a BN.com book club feature title. And still, months after The Center of Everythings original publication date, reviews and features of the book continue to run nationwide.

A powerful and thought-provoking YA debut from New York Times bestselling author Laura Moriarty.Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim-Americans are a reality.Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams of Hannibal, Missouri, lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isnt concerned with the internments because she doesnt know any Muslims. She assumes that everything she reads and sees in the news is true, and that these plans are better for everyones safety.But when she happens upon Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive determined to reach freedom in Canada, Sarah-Mary at first believes she must turn her in. But Sadaf challenges Sarah-Marys perceptions of right and wrong, and instead Sarah-Mary decides, with growing conviction, to do all she can to help Sadaf escape.The two set off on a desperate journey, hitchhiking through the heart of an America that is at times courageous and kind, but always full of tension and danger for anyone deemed suspicious.On a journey where every ride could be a trap and every stranger a threat, who can they really trust?An Unlikely Friendship: Sarah-Mary thought she knew who the enemy was. But when she meets Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive, shes forced to question everything she believes to help a stranger escape to Canada. A High-Stakes Road Trip: Hitchhiking through the American heartland, the two girls must navigate a country full of both unexpected kindness and simmering danger, where being suspicious can be a death sentence. A Test of Conviction: Forced to confront her own prejudices, Sarah-Mary must decide between whats easy and whats right in a world where turning a blind eye is the safest choice. A Gripping Coming-of-Age Story: A powerful story about a fifteen-year-old girl finding her own moral compass in a nation that seems to have lost its way.

A forbidden love blows open the world of a teenage girl, altering the trajectory of her lifefrom the author of the New York Times bestseller The Chaperone"Radiant...What begins as a teenage romance in 1950s Florida becomes an intimate, deeply moving story of separation, sacrifice, and self-determination and of how early love shapes the lives we carry forward." Christina Baker KlineThe kind of book that makes you lean closer, then hold your breath as the beauty and betrayal unfold. I couldnt stop reading. I couldnt stop hoping. What an extraordinary novel! Ariel Lawhon Its 1949, early in the Cold War, but St. Petersburg, Florida is warm, lush, and booming with newcomers seeking sunshine and opportunity. For seventeen-year-old Nora, St. Pete feels like paradise, especially after she meets and wins over Leonard, the shy, brilliant son of transplanted New Yorkers. Nora and Leonard are soon spending balmy days and evenings together, and in her adoring, encouraging company, he grows more confident, even as he remains tender and caring. Leonards sophisticated mother welcomes Nora into their lives, but his father distrusts her motives.When his suspicions are seemingly confirmed, Nora is forced to cut contact. In her longing and fear, she takes a chance that changes her life, exiling her from the family she loves and setting off a chain of secrets and betrayals that will follow her into adulthood. It is a mature Nora who tells the story of her turbulent past. Wiser and more worldly, she commits to an honest but compassionate account, and to a future based on trusting, first and foremost, herself.Sunlight Finds You is, ultimately, a love story set in the past that has much to say about our present. Richly layered and propulsive, its a book about extending forgivenessfor ourselves, and for othersand about refusing to settle for a life that is less than full.

A mother cant protect her daughter from everything She killed someone", Leigh thought. She might think this from now on, every time she saw her daughter. She would hide it, but it would be there in her mind. It would be in everyones mind.When Leigh was growing up she had always known she would be a mother, and not just any mother, but a good one. She would be the kind of mother a daughter could come to for advice or understanding. Shed had it all planned out ...Then one summers day, when driving home from school, eighteen year-old Kara Churchill tragically knocks down a classmate and kills her. The accident shatters the already fragile relationship that she and her mother Leigh share testing it to the very limit. As the Churchills try and come to terms with the devastation of what has happened under the judgmental eye of the small-town Hazelton community, Kara begins to face up to the terrifying reality that she has killed someone. But will Leigh be able to protect her fiercely independent daughter, or will the damage prove to be too far-reaching?The Rest of Her Life is the story of a family plunged into a crisis that will irrevocably change their lives forever. Its about the true nature of mother-daughter relationships, and about how far you would go to protect everything you hold dear.

What makes a family? Thats what nineteen year old Veronica is wondering. Her family have always made her feel safe and protected but thats all been snatched away from her and shes beginning to wonder if she really knows her family at all . . .With a homeless mother and a missing father Veronica has to grow up fast. Real life is a frightening wake-up call and as truths and tensions percolate and bubble to the surface there are devastating consequences. Can Veronica save those she thought she loved? Will her best intentions lead to her worst transgressions? And who will be left to catch Veronica when she falls?

Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton AbbeyOn a summers day in 1922, Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, charged with the care of a stunningly beautiful young girl with a jet-black bob and wisdom way beyond her fifteen years.The girl is Louise Brooks and, for her, New York offers a chance of stardom beneath the bright lights of Broadway. For Cora, whose formative years were spent at The New York Home for Friendless Girls, the trip offers the opportunity to discover the truth about her past. It will also, although she doesnt realize it yet, offer her the chance for a very different future.Set in a time of illicit thrills and daring glamour, a time when prohibition reigns and speakeasies thrive behind closed doors, The Chaperone tells Coras story as she finally discovers who she is and - more importantly - who she wants to be.What a beautiful book. I loved every page Paula McLain, author of The Paris WifeThis is that rare, precious and fabulous thing - a proper story, with characters you care about desperately and root for right to the end . . . I cant recommend this novel highly enoughDaily MailA lovely novel, full of humanitySunday Times

Inspirada por la vida de la estrella del cine mudo Louise Brooks, esta es la historia de dos mujeres que representan dos mundos opuestos, y del verano que cambió su vida. Escrita con un estilo exquisito y ambientada en una epoca fascinante, esta novela juega con la realidad y la ficcion para crear una emocionante historia de dos mujeres que comparten los mismos deseos de libertad y realizacion personal. Una futura estrella del cine mudo y la mujer que la acompaña a Nueva York, en los vertiginosos años veinte. En 1922, la arrebatadora y precoz Louise Brooks, de tan solo quince años, y su acompañante, Cora Carlisle, una mujer casada muy tradicional, viajan juntas desde Witchita, Kansas, a Nueva York, la nueva metropolis de moda. Cada una tiene sus propios motivos para hacer ese viaje: la rebelde Louise se ha inscrito en la academia de danza vanguardista Denishawn, porque sueña con llegar a ser una famosa bailarina. Una ilusion que cumplira de largo, convirtiendose en una conocida actriz del cine mudo y en la mujer mas deseada del Hollywood de la epoca. Por su parte, Cora no solo busca escapar de la monotonia de su vida, sino que quiere cumplir un deseo que lleva años postergando: encontrar sus origenes, ya que nunca ha conocido a sus padres. Obligadas a pasar juntas un verano en la fascinante y caleidoscopica ciudad de Nueva York, estas dos mujeres aprenderan a entenderse y descubriran que la vida les tienere servadas muchas sorpresas.Esta novela atrapara tanto a los amantes del jazz de la decada de 1920, como a los lectores apasionados por las novelas historicas. &mdash eurosLibrary JournalUna novela intensa en la que surgen profundas cuestiones sobre la familia y la sexualidad, y la duda de si el rumbo de la vida es cuestion del destino o del libre albedrio. &mdash eurosThe Oprah Magazine