A novel of survival, love, loss, triumph--and the sisters who changed fashion forever Antoinette and Gabrielle Coco Chanel know they're destined for something better.
Abandoned by their family at a young age, they've grown up under the guidance of nuns preparing them for simple lives as the wives of tradesmen or shopkeepers.
At night, their secret stash of romantic novels and magazine cutouts beneath the floorboards are all they have to keep their dreams of the future aliv.