Summary
From the bestselling author of "The Aviator's Wife" comes an enthralling new novel about Truman Capote's scandalous, headline-making, and heart-wrenching friendship with Babe Paley and New York's society swans of the 1950s. Replete with gossip, scandal, betrayal, and a vibrant cast of real-life supp... Full description
Summary: |
From the bestselling author of "The Aviator's Wife" comes an enthralling new novel about Truman Capote's scandalous, headline-making, and heart-wrenching friendship with Babe Paley and New York's society swans of the 1950s. Replete with gossip, scandal, betrayal, and a vibrant cast of real-life supporting characters, readers will be seduced by this startling new look at the infamous society swans. Print run 100,000. |
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Item Description: |
Title from web page. Compact discs. |
Physical Description: |
10 sound disc (12 hr., 46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN: |
9781101922774 110192277X |
Author Notes: |
After college Melanie married and moved to the Chicago area to raise her children, but the desire to write was always there in the background. Soon she began writing for local magazines and newspapers before venturing into fiction. As Melanie Hauser she published two contemporary novels. Now writing as Melanie Benjamin, she's incorporated her passion for history and biography into ALICE I HAVE BEEN her first historical novel; THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MRS. TOM THUMB is her second, and was published July 2011. Her book,The Aviator's Wife, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2013. The Swans of Fifth Avenue made the iBooks best seller list in 2016. Melanie and her family still live in the Chicago area where she enjoys writing, taking long walks, and gardening. (Bowker Author Biography) |