THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen A Barnes & Noble Pick of Best Indie eBooks of 2020 An iBooks Bestseller in Fiction A Pop Sugar Pick of Books set in Paris “Ewen’s Coco is a proud and image-conscious character, sprung from a painful, lonely childhood to become a selfmade triumph, a Machiavellian madam—” Kirkus Reviews ''Ewen dazzles in this outstanding historical thriller that chronicles the life of Coco Chanel in occupied France...Ewen's Chanel is arrogant and fragile in equal measure, and the author does a marvelous job of digging into the motivations of a woman born into poverty as she defends the fortune she built for herself, making this a refreshingly nuanced character portrait and also a real page-turner. This is top-notch historical fiction.'' -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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