BantamProduct DescriptionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "?The?author of The Aviators Wife returns with a triumphant new novel about New Yorks Swans of the 1950sand the scandalous headline-making and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley.
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Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society none blazes brighter than Babe Paley. Her flawless face regularly graces the pages of Vogue and she is celebrated and adored for her ineffable style and exquisite taste especially among her friendsthe alluring socialite Swans Slim Keith C. Z. Guest Gloria Guinness and Pamela Churchill. By all appearances Babe has it all: money beauty glamour jewels influential friends a prestigious husband and gorgeous homes. But beneath this elegantly composed exterior dwells a passionate womana woman desperately longing for true love and connection.
Enter Truman Capote. This diminutive golden-haired genius with a larger-than-life personality explodes onto the scene?? setting Babe and her circle of Swans aflutter. Through Babe?? Truman gains an unlikely entr?e into the enviable lives of Manhattan??s elite?? along with unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe??s powerful circle. Sure of the loyalty of the man she calls ??True Heart???? Babe never imagines the destruction Truman will leave in his wake. But once a storyteller?? always a storyteller?even when the stories aren??t his to tell.
Truman??s fame is at its peak when such notable celebrities as Frank and Mia Sinatra?? Lauren Bacall?? and Rose Kennedy converge on his glittering Black and