Maureen Dowd in Conversation with Gioia Diliberto: Coco at the Ritz - The 92nd Street Y, New York
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Maureen Dowd in Conversation with Gioia Diliberto: Coco at the Ritz

Dec 16, 2021


Coco at the Ritz is a novel based on a true, though little-known event — the arrest and interrogation of Coco Chanel at the end of World War II on charges of treason to France, stemming from her relationship with a Nazi spy.

Most of the facts are lost to history, but this much is known: one morning in August 1944, two men from the French Forces of the Interior, the loose band of resistance fighters, soldiers and private citizens who took up arms in the wake of the liberation of Paris, led Chanel from her suite at the Ritz Hotel to an undisclosed location for questioning.

What transpired during her interrogation, who was present, and why she was set free, remain a mystery.

Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and author Gioia Diliberto explore Chanel’s motivations and portray the gripping battle of wits that could have been her interrogation. By turns, raw and vulnerable, steely and flawed, Coco Chanel emerges as a woman who owns her decisions, no matter the consequences.

Gioia Diliberto

Gioia Diliberto has written biographies of Jane Addams, Hadley Hemingway, Diane von Furstenberg, and Brenda Frazier …

Gioia Diliberto

Gioia Diliberto has written biographies of Jane Addams, Hadley Hemingway, Diane von Furstenberg, and Brenda Frazier, as well as the critically acclaimed novels I Am Madame X and The Collection. Her books, which center on the lives of women, have been translated into several languages. As a journalist, Gioia has contributed to many publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian, and Vanity Fair. She also teaches writing and has taught at Northwestern and DePaul Universities and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Gioia lives with her husband in Woodbury, Connecticut.

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