Image from Amazon.com
The Paris seamstress / Natasha Lester.
Publication details: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2018.Description: 435 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780733640001 (paperback)
- 9780733640018 (ebook)
- Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Generational sages
- Dressmakers -- Fiction
- Women dressmakers -- Fiction
- Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- French -- United States -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Fashion designers -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Australians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Australian
- A823.4 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | LES | Available | 067700 |
Total reserves: 0
"How much will a young Parisian sacrifice to make her mark?" -- cover.
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 and a dream: to have her own atelier. 2015. Australian curator Fabienne Bissette journeys to the annual Met Gala for an exhibition of her beloved grandmother's work - one of the world's leading designers of ready-to-wear clothing. But as Fabienne learns more about her grandmother's past, she uncovers a story of tragedy, heartbreak and secrets - and the sacrifices made for love.
