The Dressmaker

Literary Fiction

Author: Kate Alcott

Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy.Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she’s had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by….Read More

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