The Dressmaker of Paris- Georgia Kaufmann - Family saga/historical fiction
Sometimes a book comes along that is a real treasure of a read- enchanting.
Something perhaps that bit different, something that grabs you but for the
life of you you don’t quite know why. I'm writing these first couple of
sentences and I'm only 100 pages in (376 total book) and I'm already totally
struck by this. There is something magical about this- perhaps the way it is
written or the main character Rosa who you can't help but like. Already
it's an enchanting story. Rosa is telling her story with the aid of the things
on her dressing table- some things she has had since she was a child and
others collected over the years. We begin pre second world war in the Alps
and the Germans soon arrive. Something happens to cause Rosa to leave
her family and the village she has known all of her 16 years and so begins
her adventures- although at the time it was survival and the beginning of
her dressmaking career that saw her through. A marriage, several countries
and loves and losses along the way. I do so hope that this becomes a film,
I’ll be first in the queue (with my box of tissues). Think Maria Vontrapp
with Rose from Titanic and you are part way there.
Words can’t express how much I’ve loved this (can you tell?) ;)
My book of 2021. Wow.
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THE DRESSMAKER OF PARIS -GEORGIA KAUFMANN Hodder &Stoughton
28th January 2021 Hardback £18.99
‘Involving. Immersive. Unputdownable’
Jill Mansell
A stunning historical women’s debut fiction novel that spans both time and the globe
as we follow one woman's journey from simple country girl to global fashion icon
I need to tell you a story, ma chère . My Rosa Kusstatscher has built a global fashion empire upon her ability to find the perfect outfit for any occasion. But tonight, as she prepares for the most important meeting of her life, her usual certainty eludes her.What brought her to this moment? As she struggles to select her dress and choose the right shade of lipstick, Rosa begins to tell her incredible story. The story of a poor country girl from a village high in the mountains of Italy. Of Nazi occupation and fleeing in the night. Of hope and heartbreak in Switzerland; glamour and love in Paris. Of ambition and devastation in Rio de Janeiro; success and self discovery in New York.
A life spent running, she sees now. But she will run no longer 'The Dressmaker of Paris is a delicious book: elegantly structured, beautifully written and with a fascinating protagonist. Georgia Kaufmann has created a beautiful and compelling novel that had me hooked until the very last page. And that ending: wow !’Gill Thompson, bestselling author of The Oceans Between Us
'Sensuous, sweeping and utterly engrossing, The Dressmaker of Paris is as dazzling and finely crafted as a Dior gown’Rachel Rhys, bestselling author of Dangerous Crossing
Georgia Kaufmann studied Social Anthropology and Demography at Cambridge, LSE
and Oxford. She currently lives within cycling distance of central London with her husband, two daughters and a cat. The Dressmaker of Paris is her debut novel
For more information, please contact
Jenny.Platt@hodder.co.uk / (0)203 122 6248
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