Watermark Books & Cafe, Wichita, Kan., recently hosted an event for author Laura Moriarty, whose latest novel, The Chaperone, is about the woman who chaperoned film legend Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922. A surprise member of the audience was Rosie Brooks, the actress's niece, who brought her aunt's copy of Schopenhauer's essays, which Moriarty portrays Louise reading in the novel. The copy even has Brooks's bookplate. Pictured from l. to r.: Watermark's Beth Golay (in Louise Brooks wig), Brooks, Moriarty and Watermark's Sarah Bagby. The Louise Brooks Society blog has more details.
