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The dressmaker's secret, Rosalie Ham ; read by Caroline Lee

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The dressmaker's secret, Rosalie Ham ; read by Caroline Lee
Language
eng
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Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The dressmaker's secret
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Responsibility statement
Rosalie Ham ; read by Caroline Lee
Summary
A unique Australian classic of revenge, small town secrets and high fashion, The Dressmaker was a worldwide phenomenon, the movie adaptation a box office sensation. Now bestselling author Rosalie Ham rejoins her famous dressmaker, Tilly Dunnage, two years after she left her hometown in flames. Now it is 1953 and the fashion pages are awash with royal fever. The young queen's coronation means a season of society balls and a rush to reproduce the latest styles of the Houses of Dior, Valentino and Balenciaga. Why, then, is the best dressmaker in Melbourne squandering her talents in a second-rate Collins Street salon? From whom, or what, is she hiding?
Target audience
adult
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