The Wedding Dress Maker

Name: The Wedding Dress Maker
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781789543254
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By Leah Fleming

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Yorkshire, 1945: Netta Nichol, cast out from her home in Galloway after bearing a son out of wedlock, strives to rebuild her life amid wartime hardship. Taking refuge in dressmaking, she becomes renowned for her exquisite wedding dresses, sewing not only fabric but also hope and resilience. As she regains her self-respect and independence, Netta faces the heart-wrenching challenge of reclaiming her son.
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This warm, evocative historical romance suits readers who appreciate heartfelt stories of love, loss, and triumph set against the backdrop of wartime Britain, with strong, resilient female protagonists.

1945: Netta is determined to show she is capable of building a life for herself so she can return to Galloway and claim back her child. A historical novel of love, loss and triumph...

From the acclaimed author of The Captain's Daughter and The Postcard, a warm, compelling historical novel of love, loss and triumph...

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1945: Netta is determined to show she is capable of building a life for herself so she can return to Galloway and claim back her child. A historical novel of love, loss and triumph.

A warm, compelling historical story of love, loss and triumph.

Yorkshire, 1945: Netta Nichol lives in the shadow of a terrible disgrace. After bearing a son out of wedlock, Netta was banished from her beloved Galloway to a Yorkshire mill town. She must stand aside as her son is raised by family back home.

Bereft and broken-hearted, Netta finds solace in the quiet pleasure of sewing. Despite the shortages of wartime, she becomes known for her beautiful wedding dresses, made with ingenuity and skill.

With the help of her dressmaking, Netta begins to win back her self-respect. But will it be enough to claim back her child?

Discover the journey of resilience and hope in The Wedding Dress Maker by Leah Fleming.

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Praise for Leah Fleming: Kate Atkinson calls her 'a born storyteller'. Rachel Hore describes the book as 'a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth'. The Lancashire Post praises it as 'a fabulous story of people, places and pearls from a master storyteller', while Trisha Ashley finds it 'fascinating and unputdownable'.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789543254

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Head of Zeus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Leah Fleming was born in Lancashire of Scottish parents, and is married with four grown-up children and five grandchildren. She usually writes full-time from a haunted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales but is currently taking a gap year for grown-ups and living on the slopes of an olive grove in Crete.

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