Elegance a novel Author:Kathleen Tessaro Being beautiful is no guarantee of happiness. Strive instead for elegance, grace, and style. Cinderella had a fairy grandmother. Louise Canova has Elegance. Written by the formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux, Elegance is an encyclopedia of style that promises to transform plain women into creatures of grace and poise-into the kind of... more » woman Louise hopes will entice a husband grown distant and cool. While she follows Madame's sage advice faithfully, the lessons Louise learns have a surprising effect and an outcome she never anticipated. Ultimately, she will discover that everything-even elegance-has its price. One of the most exciting debuts of the year, Kathleen Tessaro's Elegance is an enchanting, bittersweet novel for every woman who has ever longed to make her dreams come true.« less
Judging from the reviews at Amazon.com, most readers don't realize that Genevieve Dariaux is a fictional character. The publisher went so far as to release some books under her name -- I wonder if Kathleen Tessaro wrote them?
Fun chicklit with a pseudo self-help component. I love theater and fashion, so I especially enjoyed this book.