num_pages: 390
description: Unhappy with her looks, her life, and her empty marriage, Louise Canova needs help—and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore. A forty-year-old encyclopedia of style titled Elegance, the slim volume by formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux promises to transform even the plainest of women into creatures of poise and grace. It is a fairy godmother in print, an A-to-Z manual with essential advice that Louise vows to take to heart. But within its pages lie not only clues from her past, but also powerful lessons for the future.And as the old Louise gives way to the stunning new, she's about to find out that there's more to every life than what appears on the surface ... and that everything, even elegance, has its price.
language: English
title: Elegance
titlecomplete: Elegance
characters: Andy Warner, Nancy Finegold, Lavender, Dan (Elegance), Nicki Sands, Mona (Elegance), Frederick Von Hassel, Piers, Mrs. P, Mr. Canova, Penny Shoelace, Mary (Elegance), Lady Castle, Louise Canova, Lisa Finegold, Ada Riley, Colin Riley, Oliver Wendt, Robert Brooks, Charlotte Thorne, Poppy North, Sandy (Elegance), Flora (Elegance), Darren (Elegance), Mrs. Simpson-Stock, Eddie, Dr. Finegold, Rita Bloom
genres: British Literature, Adult, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Fashion, Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Fiction, Womens Fiction
ratings_count: 5079
publisher: Harper Paperbacks