The release date for the English version of 'The Dressmaker's Gift' by
Fiona Valpy is Oct 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestseller.
This compelling tale of three young women forced to make difficult decisions comes from the bestselling author of The Beekeeper's Promise. How will their families and history evaluate them?
1940s, Paris. Three teenage seamstresses do their hardest to lead regular lives despite the Nazis having taken over the city. All three, nevertheless, have secrets to hide. war-wounded Claire has fallen in love with a German officer; Mireille is fighting the Resistance; and she is unable to tell either of them of Vivienne's participation.
Two generations later, in search of a link to her history, Harriet, Claire's English granddaughter, comes in Paris feeling lost and alone. She discovers the truth about her grandma and herself while working and living in the same building on the Rue Cardinale. She also uncovers a family past that is more tragic and horrible than she could have ever imagined.
The three seamstresses are forced to make difficult decisions during the war as their covert operations put them in jeopardy. Can they endure the worst period in history without being ripped apart? Brought together by devotion, threatened by treachery.