Coco at the Ritz by Diliberto, Gioia
Coco at the Ritz by Diliberto, Gioia

Coco at the Ritz

A riveting and prismatic novel of the eternally enigmatic Coco Chanel in the aftermath of World War...
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Author: Gioia Diliberto
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Language: English
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Coco at the Ritz by Diliberto, Gioia

Coco at the Ritz

$301.61
Coco at the Ritz by Diliberto, Gioia

Coco at the Ritz

$301.61
Author: Gioia Diliberto
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A riveting and prismatic novel of the eternally enigmatic Coco Chanel in the aftermath of World War II.

Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a close, she was arrested and interrogated on charges of treason to France.

Many of the facts are lost to history, partly through Chanel's own obfuscation, but this much is known: the charges grew out of her war-time romance with a German spy, and one morning two soldiers from the French Forces of the Interior--the loose band of Resistance fighters, soldiers and private citizens who took up arms in the wake of the Liberation of Paris--led Chanel from her suite at the Ritz Hotel in Paris to an undisclosed location for questioning.

What transpired during her interrogation, who was present, and why she was set free when so many other women who'd been involved with German men (willingly or otherwise) had their heads shaved or were imprisoned, remains a mystery.

In this brilliantly insightful and compulsively readable novel from the author of I am Madame X, Gioia Diliberto explores the motivations of this complex woman and portrays the gripping battle of wits that could have been her interrogation. Was Chanel truly a collaborator?

Though the Occupation of France offered a stark contrast between good and evil, few people are wholly heroes or villains in wartime. Most citizens, as the writer Andr Gide noted, were like old shoes floating in murky waters: battered and torn, riding the turbulent flow, just trying to survive.

By turns raw and vulnerable, steely and flawed, Chanel emerges from these pages as a woman who owns her decisions, no matter the consequences. Rich with history and filled with emotional truths, Coco at the Ritz is a story about the choices one woman made when the stakes were the highest. In today's world, it is a cautionary tale about the necessity of standing against evil when it stares you in the face.

Author: Gioia Diliberto
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 12/07/2021
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781643138411


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/11/2021
Foreword 10/26/2021
Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 29

About the Author
Gioia Diliberto has written biographies of Jane Addams, Hadley Hemingway, Diane von Furstenberg, and Brenda Frazier, as well as the critically acclaimed novels I Am Madame X and The Collection. Her books, which center on the lives of women, have been translated into several languages. As a journalist, Gioia has contributed to many publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian, and Vanity Fair. She is also a visiting lecturer in writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design and DePaul and Northwestern universities. The mother of a grown son, Gioia lives with her husband in Chicago.
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