The Swans of Fifth Avenue: A Novel

NEW 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. Peoples Book of the Week USA Todays #1 New and Noteworthy Book Entertainment Weeklys Must List LibraryReads Top Ten Pick 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 entre into the enviable lives of Manhattans elite, along with unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babes 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 storytellereven when the stories arent his to tell. Trumans 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 White Ball. But all too soon, hell ignite a literary scandal whose repercussions echo through the years. The Swans of Fifth Avenue will seduce and startle readers as it opens the door onto one of Americas most sumptuous eras. Praise for The Swans of Fifth Avenue Exceptional storytelling . . . teeming with scandal, gossip and excitement.Harpers Bazaar This moving fictionalization brings the whole cast of characters back to vivid life. Gossipy and fun, its also a nuanced look at the beauty and cruelty of a rarefied, bygone world.People The era and the sordid details come back to life in this jewel of a novel.O: The Oprah Magazine