Book: The Dressmaker's Gift
Author: Fiona Valpy
Pages: 287
This is my 50th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
Paris, 1940. With the city occupied by the Nazis, 3 young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they can. But all 3 are hiding secrets. War-scarred Mireille is fighting with the Resistance; Claire has been seduced by a German officer; and Vivienne's involvement is something she can't reveal to either of them. 2 Generations later, Claire's English granddaughter Harriet arrives in Paris, rootless and adrift, desperate to find a connection with her past. Living and working in the same building on the Rue Cardniale, she learns the truth about her grandmother - and herself - and unravels a family history that is darker and more painful than she ever imagined. In wartime, the 3 seamstresses face impossible choices when their secret activities put them in grave danger. Brought together by loyalty, threatened by betrayal, can they survive history's darkest era without being torn apart?
Stars: 3.5
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