The Swans Of Fifth Avenue - Mélanie Benjamin

Description: The Swans of Fifth Avenue Babe Paley is the most prominent of the "Fifth Avenue Swans," the women of New York high society in the 1950s. Its indefinable asset: its style. She embodies elegance, often making the headlines Vogue, But what no one sees is the feeling of loneliness she leaves in her wake, despite her fortune, her children, her rich and powerful husband. Until the day Truman Capote came into his life. Their friendship is instantaneous and dazzling. Babe finds in the prodigious writer, as brilliant as he is extravagant, the passion that was missing from her existence. Thanks to her, Truman gains access to this elite that fascinates him so much. And to his secrets, his rumors, his scandals, drawing inspiration from them, at the risk of betraying Babe. A terribly delightful and effective fiction. Nathalie Crom, Telerama.Melanie Benjamin takes off the masks of these iconic and idolized beings. A sensational novel. Olivia de Lamberterie, She. Translated from English (United States) by Christel Gaillard-Paris.pages: 480Edition: The pocket bookBabe Paley is the most prominent of the "Fifth Avenue Swans," the women of New York high society in the 1950s. Its indefinable asset: its style. She embodies elegance, often making the headlines Vogue, But what no one sees is the feeling of loneliness she leaves in her wake, despite her fortune, her children, her rich and powerful husband. Until the day Truman Capote came into his life. Their friendship is instantaneous and dazzling. Babe finds in the prodigious writer, as brilliant as he is extravagant, the passion that was missing from her existence. Thanks to her, Truman gains access to this elite that fascinates him so much. And to his secrets, his rumors, his scandals, drawing inspiration from them, at the risk of betraying Babe. Melanie Benjamin takes off the masks of these iconic a

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