Title: The Paris seamstress
Description: When Fabienne Bissette attends the annual Met Gala for an exhibit honoring her grandmother Estella, a famed designer, she begins to learn more about her grandmother's past, uncovering a story of tragedy, heartbreak, and secrets.
Subjects: Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.), World War, 1939-1945, Social conditions, Young women, Fiction, Women dressmakers, French, Fashion designers, Fiction, family life, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general
Places: United States, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (State), New York
Time periods: 20th century