An NPR Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year How does a girl fashion herself into a woman? In this richly illustrated memoir, writer Patricia Volk juxtaposes her two childhood idols to find her answer. Her mother, Audrey, was an upper-middle-class New Yorker and a great beauty—meticulously groomed, proudly conventional. Elsa Schiaparelli was an avant-garde fashion designer whose creations broke every rule and elevated clothing into art. While growing up in Audrey's strict household, Patricia read Schiap's freewheeling autobiography and was transformed by it. Shocked weaves Audrey's traditional notions of domesticity with Schiap's often outrageous ideas, giving us a revelatory meditation on beauty and on being a daughter, sister, and mother—and demonstrating, meanwhile, how a single book can change a life.
Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
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Author: Volk, Patricia
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345803429
Details:
Author: Volk, Patricia
Brand: Vintage
Color: Pink
Edition: Illustrated
Binding: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 304
Release Date: 22-04-2014
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780345803429
