The dressmaker wguest author kate alcott book club. All page numbers mentioned relate to the ipad version of the book. Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks shes had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer lady lucile duff gordon to be her personal. Out of some 2,223 people on board the titanic, only 706 survived, 60 percent from first class, mainly women, and 25 percent from steerage. My mom and i read this book at the same time and she.
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