Here are Laura Moriarty's tour dates for
The Chaperone. If you're in any of these cities, come by and show your support of Laura and your love of literature and Louise Brooks!
The Chaperone publishes June 5th.
ST. LOUIS, MO
Thursday, June 7
7 p.m.: Talk, Q&A & Signing
St. Louis Public Library – Schlafly Branch
225 N. Euclid
St. Louis, MO 63108
sponsored by Left Bank Books
CHICAGO, IL
Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10
Printer’s Row Lit Fest
Talk location & time TBD
Monday, June 11
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
OMAHA, NE
Tuesday, June 12
6 p.m.: Talk, Q&A & Signing
The Bookworm
8702 Pacific Street
Omaha, NE 68114
WICHITA, KS
Thursday, June 14
6 p.m.: Talk, Q&A & Signing
Watermark Books
4701 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS 67218
KANSAS CITY, KS
Tuesday, June 19
Unity Temple on the Plaza
707 W 47th St
Kansas City, MO 64112
Sponsored by Rainy Day Books
SAN DIEGO, CA
Friday, June 22
5:30 p.m.: Cocktail Reception, Talk, Q&A & Signing
Warwick’s
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
SAN FRANCISCO AREA, CA
Monday, June 25
7 p.m.: Talk, Q&A & Signing (intro by Thomas Gladysz of the Louise Brooks Society)
A Great Good Place for Books
6120 La Salle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
Tuesday, June 26
7 p.m.: Talk, Q&A & Signing
Copperfield’s
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
Wednesday, June 27
2 p.m.: Tea Reception, Talk, Q&A & Signing
Towne Center Books
555 Main Street
Pleasanton, CA 94566
7 p.m.: Talk, Q&A & Signing
Rakestraw Books
522 Hartz Avenue
Danville, CA 94526
IOWA CITY, IA
Friday, July 13 to Sunday, July 15
Iowa City Book Festival
University of Iowa
Talk location & time TBD
"The Chaperone is the enthralling story of two women . . .
and how their unlikely relationship changed their lives. . . . In this
layered and inventive story, Moriarty raises profound questions about
family, sexuality, history, and whether it is luck or will—or a sturdy
combination of the two—that makes for a wonderful life."—O, The Oprah Magazine
"In her new novel, The Chaperone,
Laura Morirty treats this golden age with an evocative look at the
early life of silent-film icon Louise Brooks, who in 1922 leaves
Wichita, Kansas, for New York City in the company of 36-year-old
chaperone, Cora Carlisle. . . . A mesmerizing take on women in this
piviotal era."—Vogue
"Laura Moriarty weaves a compelling story."—The Christian Science Monitor
“It’s impossible not to be completely drawn in by The Chaperone.
Laura Moriarty has delivered the richest and realest possible heroine
in Cora Carlisle, a Wichita housewife who has her mind and heart blown
wide open, and steps—with uncommon courage—into the fullness of her
life. What a beautiful book. I loved every page.”—Paula McLain, author
of The Paris Wife
“What a charming, mesmerizing,
transporting novel! The characters are so fully realized that I felt I
was right there alongside them. A beautiful clarity marks both the style
and structure of The Chaperone.”—Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Adam & Eve
“The Chaperone
is the best kind of historical fiction, transporting you to another
time and place, but even more importantly delivering a poignant story
about people so real, you'll miss and remember them long after you close
the book.”—Jenna Blum, author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers