I got this book from a goodreads giveaway. I was interested in reading something outside of my usual genres and remembered liking some historical fiction as a kid. This book really wasn't for me. I often found my self wondering how there could be so much of the book left when so much of the civil wa...
Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini Wanted to read this book because I thought it would be about needlework during Lincoln's career.I found it was more about the political and family problems rather than the dressmaking side of things.Elizabeth is the dressmaker and she spends a lot of ...
This was our book club book for June. I waited a bit late to get to it, but it looked interesting and thought that it would be a quick read. Unfortunately I couldn't seem to connect with the book. I felt like a spectator to the story and not immersed in the story. Left me feeling cold towards the bo...
This was our book club book for June. I waited a bit late to get to it, but it looked interesting and thought that it would be a quick read. Unfortunately I couldn't seem to connect with the book. I felt like a spectator to the story and not immersed in the story. Left me feeling cold towards the bo...
The problem with "X's Y" storylines are that there are already 2 plots to plot the book by. X's as well as well as Y's. The author can slip/slide between the two and do half the work instead of having to focus on a fully realised one. And this novel falls for the chronological structure, which rende...
I am giving this book 2 stars and am feeling that I am being quite generous in doing so. For such an interesting character and period of time, I felt that Ms. Chiaverini's book fell very flat to me, was very one dimensional and boring. I have read several hundred books on the Lincoln Administration,...
This story is narrated by Elizabeth Keckley. She is a well known dressmaker, who sews for some of the most elite women in Washington City. When Mrs. Lincoln comes to the White House, she starts sewing for her also. The friendship of these two women grows through the years of Lincoln’s first term ...
Elizabeth Keckley — a slave who bought her freedom through her skills as a seamstress — is hired on by the new First Lady, Mary Todd Lincoln, and serves as her dressmaker and personal confidant through her years in the White House and struggles to maintain their friendship in the years that follow.U...
Review Copy provided by Publisher via EdelweissI have previously read/listened to Ms Chiaverini’s work (her Elm Creek Quilters series) and enjoyed it, so when I saw that she had written a new book that was primarily historical fiction, I jumped on the opportunity to read/review it. My favorite part ...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/01/mrs-lincolns-dressmaker.htmlElizabeth Hobbs Keckley was born a slave. She lived as a slave for over 30 years. She was able to purchase her freedom, and she headed north. She eventually settled in Washington DC and beca...
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