{"product_id":"book-8503","title":"Shocked","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStuffed \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an intimate memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives-the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author's own mother-to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker, was a great beauty and the polished hostess at her family's garment district restaurant. Elsa Schiaparelli-\"Schiap\"-the haute couture designer whose creations shocked the world, blurred the line between fashion and art, and believed that everything, even a button, has the potential to delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudrey's daughter Patricia read Schiap's autobiography, \u003ci\u003eShocking Life\u003c\/i\u003e, at a tender age, and was transformed by it. These two women-volatile, opinionated, and brilliant each in her own way-offered Patricia contrasting lessons about womanhood and personal style that allowed her to plot her own course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving seamlessly between the Volks' Manhattan and Florida milieu and Schiap's life in Rome and Paris (among friends such as Dal├¡, Duchamp, and Picasso), \u003ci\u003eShocked \u003c\/i\u003eweaves Audrey's traditional notions of domesticity with Schiaparelli's often outrageous ideas into a marvel-filled meditation on beauty and on being a daughter, sister, and mother, while demonstrating how a single book can change a life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301813821744,"sku":"BD8503","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301814509872,"sku":"ZE8503","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301814608176,"sku":"ZM8503","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/8503-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775726402","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-8503","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}