The dress shop of dreams
Subtitle: a novel
By: Menna van Praag
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780804178983
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Fiction; Man-woman relationships; Women's clothing; Women scientists
Description: "Etta Sparks' cozy dress shop, tucked away at the end of a winding Cambridge road, is a magical place - anyone who steps inside the little blue door to glimpse the glorious silks and jewel-hued velvets can see they are someplace special. But only Etta knows the dresses she sells are actually magic - a few stitches from her needle and each gown imbues the wearer with the confidence to achieve whatever they set their mind too. The only two people the dresses don't seem to work on are Etta, still nursing a heart broken 40 years ago, and her granddaughter Cora, who dedicated her life to science after her brilliant inventor parents died in a mysterious fire and doesn't have time for things like magic or love."--