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Coco, the Novel
Coco the Novel
Author: Patricia B. Soliman
Nicely researched but ploddingly told, this novelized biography of the legendary couturiere and style setter aims no higher than commercial fare. First novelist Soliman analyzes her protagonist's fiercely ambitious personality in terms of chronic insecurity: the illegitimate daughter of a decamped peddler, Chanel entered society through the demi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399135163
ISBN-10: 0399135162
Publication Date: 7/17/1990
Pages: 397
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Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (T)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Follow the life of the fabulous designer Coco Chanel is this beautifully written book - a tale as carfully tailored as her garments.

Gabrielle learned to hand sew from her mother. And as Coco watched her mother become frail and ill her lessons became a saving grace, a craft that saved her and her sister. Unfortunatly it did not save her mother - who died when they were young girls leaving them to their uncaring father.

Coco and her younger sister were placed in a convent school by a cold, lying father whose shadow would haunt her from that day forward. Her life and loves were nothing in comparison to her talent and vision. Check out this amazing life!
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She was a woman of style, a woman of passion the one and only Coco Chanel

In this dazzling novel that captures the essence of Coco Chanel, the story of her magnificent life is told .


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