The Dressmakers of London

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  • The
  • author
  • of
  • the
  • “enthralling”
  • (Woman’s
  • World)
  • The
  • Lost
  • English
  • Girl
  • returns
  • with
  • a
  • heartfelt
  • new
  • novel
  • about
  • estranged
  • sisters
  • who
  • inherit
  • their
  • late
  • mother’s
  • dress
  • shop
  • in
  • World
  • War
  • II
  • London.Isabelle
  • Shelton
  • has
  • always
  • found
  • comfort
  • in
  • the
  • predictable
  • world
  • of
  • her
  • mother’s
  • dressmaking
  • shop,
  • Mrs.
  • Shelton’s
  • Fashions,
  • while
  • her
  • sister
  • Sylvia
  • turned
  • her
  • back
  • on
  • the
  • family
  • years
  • ago
  • to
  • marry
  • a
  • wealthy
  • doctor
  • whom
  • Izzie
  • detests.
  • When
  • their
  • mother
  • dies
  • unexpectedly,
  • the
  • sisters
  • are
  • stunned
  • to
  • find
  • they’ve
  • jointly
  • inherited
  • the
  • family
  • business.
  • Izzie
  • is
  • determined
  • to
  • buy
  • Sylvia
  • out,
  • but
  • when
  • she’s
  • conscripted
  • into
  • the
  • WAAF,
  • she’s
  • forced
  • to
  • seek
  • Sylvia’s
  • help
  • to
  • keep
  • the
  • shop
  • open.
  • Realizing
  • this
  • could
  • be
  • her
  • one
  • chance
  • at
  • reconciliation
  • with
  • her
  • sister,
  • Sylvia
  • is
  • determined
  • to
  • save
  • Mrs.
  • Shelton’s
  • Fashions
  • from
  • closure—and
  • financial
  • ruin.Through
  • letters,
  • the
  • sisters
  • begin
  • to
  • confront
  • old
  • wounds,
  • new
  • loves,
  • and
  • the
  • weight
  • of
  • family
  • legacy
  • in
  • order
  • to
  • forge
  • new
  • beginnings
  • in
  • this
  • lyrically
  • moving
  • novel
  • perfect
  • for
  • fans
  • of
  • Genevieve
  • Graham
  • and
  • Lucinda Riley.
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