The Paris Seamstress
How much will a young Parisian seamstress sacrifice to make her mark in the male-dominated world of 1940s New York fashion? From the bestselling author of A KISS FROM MR FITZGERALD and HER MOTHER'S SECRET.1940. Parisian seamstress Estella Bissette is forced to flee France as the Germans advance....
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How much will a young Parisian seamstress sacrifice to make her mark in the male-dominated world of 1940s New York fashion? From the bestselling author of A KISS FROM MR FITZGERALD and HER MOTHER'S SECRET.1940. Parisian seamstress Estella Bissette is forced to flee France as the Germans advance. She is bound for Manhattan with a few francs, one suitcase, her sewing machine
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ISBN:
9780733640001
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Pages no: 440
Edition language: English
I loved reading this story. I received this copy for free and I voluntarily chose to review it. This story really touched my heart. Since my dad was a pow in that war, WWII, it brought out some of the things that I remembered he talked about. Since the first hero was a spy and the second one was a f...
This book was a bit of a slog for me and took me a lot longer to finish it than I thought it would. I found it hard going, one dimensional and flat. My reasons? I found the writing clumsy and ham-fisted. Lester was too busy telling us to show us. She was telling us how beautiful dresses were, how b...
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