Day 24 in #BookSpine365 . Visit a title a day from my bookshelf. Coco Chanel and composer Igor Stravinsky. Their love affair inspired their art. Their art defined an era. First time novelist Chris Greenhalgh introduces the title as hot, steamy, and romantic, but the title develops into something far more richer. The setting is 1915 Paris, a time of musical revolution and the reinvention of self. There, Coco becomes much more in this modernization including the classic Chanel No.5---fighting through old ways and using her designs all while having a deep affair from an exiled man questioning if the relationship can survive at all. If someone wants a pure bio approach to Coco, this book isn't for you. After all, the title sums it pretty nicely: it's all about the affair, the secrets, the passion, the desires and the yearning for what cannot be. We only delve a little into what Coco truly was on this title, which is quite disappointing. The wom...