Secrets of the Sewing Bee - Couverture souple

Thompson, Kate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447280881 ISBN 13 : 9781447280880

Editeur : Pan, 2016

Synopsis

Secrets of the Sewing Bee tells the story of the defiant and courageous women on the home front, from Kate Thompson, author of Secrets of the Singer Girls.

Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout's garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst the uncertainty of the Second World War. In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past, all struggling to make ends meet. For the women of the East End, their battles are on the home front.

Flossy is quickly embraced by the colourful mix of characters working at Trout's, who have turned their sewing expertise to vital war work. They fast become the family that Flossy has always longed for.

Things aren't so easy for Peggy Piper, another new recruit at the factory. She's used to the high life working as a nippie in the West End, and is not best pleased to find herself bent over a sewing machine.

Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East End, sets up a sewing circle and the ladies at Trout's play their part in defending the frontline as they arm themselves with their needles and set about stitching their way to victory. But as the full force of the Blitz hits London, the sewing bee are forced to shelter in the underground tube stations on a nightly basis.

In such close quarters, can Dolly manage to contain the secret that binds them all? And how will Peggy and Flossy cope as their lives are shaped and moved by forces outside of their control?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kate Thompson is a journalist with twenty years' experience as a writer for the broadsheets and women's weekly magazines. She is now freelance, and as well as writing for newspapers, she's a seasoned ghostwriter. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Secrets of the Singer Girls, Secrets of the Sewing Bee and The Wedding Girls.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447280881
• ISBN 13: 9781447280880
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 465
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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