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The New York Times best-selling author of The Aviator's Partner comes back with a triumphant new book about New York's "Swans" of the 1950s - and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary story Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley. Of all the glamorous superstars of NY high society, none of them blazes brighter than Babe Paley. Her perfect face regularly graces the webpages of Vogue, and she actually is celebrated and adored on her behalf ineffable style and beautiful taste, especially among her friends - the alluring socialite Swans Slim Keith, C. Z. Guest, Gloria Guinness, and Pamela Churchill. By all performances, Babe has it all: money, beauty, glamour, jewels, influential friends, a renowned husband, and beautiful homes. But beneath this elegantly made up exterior dwells a separate woman - a 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 field, preparing Babe and her circle of Swans aflutter. Through Babe, Truman benefits an unlikely entrée into the enviable lives of Manhattan's elite along with unequalled usage of the scandal and gossip of Babe's powerful circle. Sure of the devotion of the person she telephone calls "True Heart", Babe never imagines the devastation Truman will leave in his wake. But once a storyteller, always a storyteller - even though the stories aren't his to see. Truman's fame reaches its top when such significant celebrities as Frank and Mia Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, and Rose Kennedy converge on his glittering Black color and White Ball. But all too soon, he'll ignite a literary scandal whose repercussions echo over time. The Swans of Fifth Avenue will seduce and startle listeners as it opens the door onto one of America's most sumptuous eras.
