The Dressmaker Benita Brown

Name: The Dressmaker par Benita Brown
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The Dressmaker Benita Brown

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Résumé

Set in Tyneside at the turn of the century, this novel is the story of Melissa Dornay - the orphaned and talented daughter of a humble dressmaker - who is taken in by the wealthy Edwina Winterton, only to find Edwina sees her not as a surrogate daughter, but as cheap labour.

The Dressmaker Résumé

The Dressmaker: A heartrending saga of a mother s dream for her daughter Benita Brown

Melissa Dornay is the daughter of a humble dressmaker. When her mother dies, Melissa is offered a home by wealthy Lilian Winterton, but she soon realises Lilian wants an unpaid seamstress. Treated as a servant by the Wintertons, Melissa is befriended by Reenie, a kitchen maid, and they enjoy dressing up in Lilian's cast-off clothes. Wearing finery, Melissa meets handsome young artist James Pennington, but she runs away, frightened he will guess her true status. Scandal follows and Melissa is unfairly thrown out on to the streets. Can the rags of her life be sewn into riches!?

À propos de Benita Brown

Benita Brown was born and brought up in Newcastle by her English mother and Indian father. She went to drama school in London where she met her husband who, also from Newcastle, was working for the BBC. Not long after, she returned to her home town where she worked as a teacher and broadcaster and brought up four children. She is now a full-time writer.

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR001635193

ISBN 13

9780755334735

ISBN 10

0755334736

Titre

The Dressmaker: A heartrending saga of a mother s dream for her daughter Benita Brown

Auteur

Benita Brown

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Éditeur

Headline Publishing Group

Année de publication

2007-09-06

Nombre de pages

352

Prix

N/A

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