The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker
ISBN-10
0385535589
ISBN-13
9780385535588
Series
The Dressmaker
Category
Fiction
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Doubleday Books
Author
Kate Alcott

Description

A spirited young maid on board the Titanic captures the attentions of two men including a kindhearted sailor and an enigmatic Chicago millionaire and barely escapes with her life before witnessing media scorn targeting her famous designer mistress. 75,000 first printing.

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