By Laura Moriarty
Set mostly in 1922, this book does a good job of setting the tone of the era (the jazz age, prohibition, moral code, fashions). Louise Brooks (the future dancer/movie star) is just 15 years old when she heads to a dance camp in New York City; young Louise needs a chaperone, and Cora Carlisle, a 36-year-old wife and mother has offered to escort her from Kansas to the big city. Cora has her own agenda for the trip, namely the hope of learning about her birth family. Cora learns little of her birth circumstances, but grows and changes in all kinds of other ways - as does Louise. This well-written novel features well-drawn characters and touches on issues including sexual abuse, homosexuality, rights of adoptees - but all in a tactful way.
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