Reviews

From her heart-wrenching early years through her decades of struggle and glory, Gabrielle Chanel was fascinating as is C.W. Gortner s "Mademoiselle Chanel." Coco lives again in this rich tale of brilliance, determination, and fierce self-creation. --Ania Szado, author of "Studio Saint-Ex""

A richly imagined, deftly researched novel, in which the ever fascinating Coco Chanel comes to life in all her woe and splendor, her story unfolding as elegantly as a Chanel gown. --Cathy Marie Buchanan, author of "The Painted Girls""

Absorbing, heartbreaking and salacious--like Chanel s life story . . . a vivid, heartbreaking portrait of Coco Chanel s meteoric rise to fame and her complicated personal life. --Shelf Awareness"

Enticing . . . well-researched and well-crafted historical novel that leaves the reader satisfied on many levels. --New York Journal of Books"

Gortner brings history to life in a fascinating study of one woman s unstoppable ambition. --Booklist"

Gortner brings to life a woman who was as alluring and captivating as her signature scent. --Historical Novels Review"

In a novel as brilliant and complicated as Coco Chanel herself, C. W. Gortner s prose is so electric and luminous it could be a film, and not just any film, but one of the grandest biopics of our time. Divine! --Erika Robuck, bestselling author of "Hemingway's Girl""

In this deliciously satisfying novel, C.W. Gortner tells the epic, rags-to-riches story of how this brilliant, mercurial, self-created woman became a legend. --Christina Baker Kline, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Orphan Train""

Sucked me in by the pearls and never let go . . . equal parts grit and glamour . . . if you can t afford to visit Paris in peak springtime season, reading this book with a glass of wine is a decent substitute. --Glamour"

Well-written and historically accurate . . . An homage to a couture icon whose influence is still powerful today. --Kirkus Reviews"

"Absorbing, heartbreaking and salacious--like Chanel's life story . . . a vivid, heartbreaking portrait of Coco Chanel's meteoric rise to fame and her complicated personal life."--Shelf Awareness

"Sucked me in by the pearls and never let go . . . equal parts grit and glamour . . . if you can't afford to visit Paris in peak springtime season, reading this book with a glass of wine is a decent substitute."--Glamour

"Enticing . . . well-researched and well-crafted historical novel that leaves the reader satisfied on many levels. "--New York Journal of Books

"Gortner brings history to life in a fascinating study of one woman's unstoppable ambition."--Booklist

"Gortner brings to life a woman who was as alluring and captivating as her signature scent. "--Historical Novels Review

"Well-written and historically accurate . . . An homage to a couture icon whose influence is still powerful today."--Kirkus Reviews

"A richly imagined, deftly researched novel, in which the ever fascinating Coco Chanel comes to life in all her woe and splendor, her story unfolding as elegantly as a Chanel gown."--Cathy Marie Buchanan, author of "The Painted Girls"

"From her heart-wrenching early years through her decades of struggle and glory, Gabrielle Chanel was fascinating--as is C.W. Gortner's "Mademoiselle Chanel." Coco lives again in this rich tale of brilliance, determination, and fierce self-creation."--Ania Szado, author of "Studio Saint-Ex"

"In this deliciously satisfying novel, C.W. Gortner tells the epic, rags-to-riches story of how this brilliant, mercurial, self-created woman became a legend."--Christina Baker Kline, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Orphan Train"

"In a novel as brilliant and complicated as Coco Chanel herself, C. W. Gortner's prose is so electric and luminous it could be a film, and not just any film, but one of the grandest biopics of our time. Divine!"--Erika Robuck, bestselling author of "Hemingway's Girl"