The Swans of Fifth Avenue
By Melanie Benjamin

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 friends the 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 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 scene, setting Babe and
her circle of Swans aflutter. Through Babe, Truman gains an unlikely
entree 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 White Ball. But all too soon, he ll 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 America s most sumptuous eras.