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	• The Dressmaker: A Novel Elizabeth Birkelund Oberbeck Henry Holt and Co., 2006 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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wonderful novel - read it in one sitting

The Dressmaker is a gem! The characters are carefully drawn, tender, human. The details of place and scene are rich but not overpowering. The author did a great job of pacing the plot, while inviting the reader into the fashion world in Paris. The Dressmaker is so much more than a typical summer romance novel;I think this would make a great little film. I look forward to more from this author.

A dream maker

In a small, quiet village outside Paris, Claude follows his trade, as had his father and grandfather before him, that of dressmaking...high fashion for a few discerning Paris clients and general mending and alterations for the locals. A beautiful Parisienne, Valentine de Verlay comes to him for her wedding dress, giving him full rein to design something just for her. Already middle aged and separated from his shrewish wife, Claude falls instantly and deeply in love with the beautiful Valentine who returns his feelings and a brief romance follows, despite her insistence that the wedding will go ahead. The only other people for whom Claude has great affection are his sister and her sons, his beloved nephews. I loved the descriptions of the instant fashions which Claude designs for various clients and the intimate knowledge that the author has for the fashion industry. It's a basically simple story of unfulfilled love and the longings of a loner among men and his dreams of capturing the heart of a beautiful young woman.

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Dressmaker fan

The title caught me....I have been making dresses for many years. The cover grabbed me as well...the design of the beautiful wedding dress! The setting was perfect, the descriptions of his workroom and his personal life and the area in which he lives are all links which make this beautiful story so appealing. The bride who doesn't care..just "make me a beautiful dress....her fiance, who made me wonder why? and the insights into the Paris fashion world were all fascinating. I have recommended this book to my Book Club (155 members) and they will be reading it this year.

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In this romantic debut novel, a reserved provincial French tailor falls head over heels in love with a woman who?s hired him to create her wedding dress

Claude Reynaud is a bit of a throwback, an old-fashioned dressmaker working in a cluttered studio outside modern-day Paris, quietly designing his famous gowns by hand. Every spring he ushers pretty young society brides into his studio, measures them, and designs their dresses without ever contemplating for himself the sort of romance that will lead these ladies and their grooms to the altar.

But one afternoon a woman arrives who shatters his composure: Valentine de Verlay is charming, beautiful, a lady of society, and, of course, engaged. She comes with no instructions for her wedding dress, just a beautiful figure, a long graceful neck, and total faith in her dressmaker. Claude, forty-six years old, devoted to his work, and long since deserted by his wife, finds himself smitten.

As Valentine?s wedding approaches, his commitment to her dress makes it impossible for Claude to keep a safe distance, and everything he?s come to rely on in his small, focused life looks ready to collapse. Worse still, as he is welcomed into her circle of friends and family, it appears that the betrothed Valentine may share his feelings.

The Dressmaker is a perfect gem of a novel, an enchanting portrait of another world, and, above all, a sly and irresistible love story.

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