The Seamstress

Author : Frances de Pontes Peebles
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408816954
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress written by Frances de Pontes Peebles and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emília and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned when they are children, grow up under the protection of their aunt in the hillside village of Taquaritinga, Brazil. Raised as seamstresses, the sisters learn how to cut, how to mend and how to conceal. Emília treasures pretty, girlish things and longs to escape from the confines of the little town. Captivated by the romances she reads in magazines, she dreams of finding love in the bustle and glamour of the city. Luzia, scarred by a childhood accident that has left her with a deformed arm, knows that for her, real life can not be romantically embroidered, and so she finds solace in her sewing and in the secret prayers to the saints she believes once saved her life. But when Luzia is abducted by a gang of rebel bandits, the sisters' lives diverge in ways they never imagined. Whilst Luzia learns to survive in the unforgiving Brazilian outland, discovering love in the most unexpected of places, Emília meets the son of a wealthy doctor who seems to offer her everything she has always desired. But for the innocent dreamer, the excitement of her escape to the city is soon overshadowed by disillusion and loneliness. As she learns how to navigate the treacherous waters of Brazilian high society, the bandits' campaign against the land-owning 'Colonels' intensifies, and when a price is placed upon Luzia's head Emília realises she must risk everything in order to save her sister.

Author : George William MacArthur Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress written by George William MacArthur Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amal Amireh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136712607
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Factory Girl and the Seamstress written by Amal Amireh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the representations of working-class women in canonical and popular American fiction between 1820 and 1870. These representations have been invisible in nineteenth century American literary and cultural studies due to the general view that antebellum writers did not engage with their society's economic and social relaities. Against this view and to highlight the cultural importance of working-class women, this study argues that, in responding to industrialization, middle class writers such as Melville, Hawthorne, Fern, Davies, and Phelps used the figures of the factory worker and the seamstress to express their anxieties about unstable gender and class identitites. These fictional representations were influenced by, and contributed to, an important but understudied cultural debate about wage labor, working women, and class.

Author : Janett Norris Nelson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456721577
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress' Nightmare written by Janett Norris Nelson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two sisters, Sherry and Harriet Torris, travel from North Carolina to California in a mobile home. They are going to visit their cousin as well as other family members. Sherry, a professional seamstress is sewing her cousin's wedding gown that Harriet designed. From the very beginning they encountered many obstacles that slowed and hindered their journey. The sisters thought once they reached their destination the obstacles would stop happening. Much to their disappointment they only grew worse. With the help of Captain Bruce Lewis and Detective Michael Torris they try to solve the mystery.

Author : Erin McGraw
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780547237855
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard written by Erin McGraw and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to Los Angeles in 1901 to start her life anew, Nell Plat marries and begins a career as a costumer to the stars, but when a visitor from her past comes calling, everything she has worked so hard to achieve for her future is jeopardized.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress of Stettin written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : César Aira
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811219348
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress and the Wind written by César Aira and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As he runs wildly amok, Aira captures childhood’s treasures — the reality of the fable and the delirium of invention — in this hilariously funny book. The Seamstress and the Wind is a deliciously laugh-out-loud-funny novel. A seamstress who is sewing a wedding dress for the pregnant local art teacher fears that her son, while playing in a big semitruck, has been accidentally kidnapped and driven off to Patagonia. Completely unhinged, she calls a local taxi to follow the semi in hot pursuit. When her husband finds out what’s happened, he takes off after wife and child. They race not only to the end of the world, but to adventures in desire — where the wild Southern wind falls in love with the seamstress, and a monster child takes up with the truck driver. Interspersed are Aira’s musings about memory and childhood, and his hometown of Coronel Pringles, with a compelling view of the hard lot of this working-class town, situated not far from Buenos Aires.

Author : Diane C. McPhail
Publisher : A John Scognamiglio Book
ISBN 13 : 1496738160
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress of New Orleans written by Diane C. McPhail and published by A John Scognamiglio Book. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the acclaimed author’s mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret—and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other. “An undercurrent of New Orleans’s dark side propels the story, heightening the tension and supplying McPhail with a wealth of evocative details.” – Publishers Weekly The year 1900 ushers in a new century and the promise of social change, and women rise together toward equality. Yet rules and restrictions remain, especially for women like Alice Butterworth, whose husband has abruptly disappeared. Desperate to make a living for herself and the child she carries, Alice leaves the bitter cold of Chicago far behind, offering sewing lessons at a New Orleans orphanage. Constance Halstead, a young widow reeling with shock under the threat of her late husband’s gambling debts, has thrown herself into charitable work. Meeting Alice at the orphanage, she offers lodging in exchange for Alice’s help creating a gown for the Leap Year ball of Les Mysterieuses, the first all‑female krewe of Mardi Gras. During Leap Years, women have the rare opportunity to take control in their interactions with men, and upend social convention. Piece by piece, the breathtaking gown takes shape, becoming a symbol of strength for both women, reflecting their progress toward greater independence. But Constance carries a burden that makes it impossible to feel truly free. Her husband, Benton, whose death remains a dangerous mystery, was deep in debt to the Black Hand, the vicious gangsters who controled New Orleans’ notorious Storyville district. Benton’s death has not satisfied them. And as the Mardi Gras festivities reach their fruition, a secret emerges that will cement the bond between Alice and Constance even as it threatens the lives they’re building . . .

Author : George William MacArthur Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress; Or, the White Slave of England ... With Fifteen Illustrations, Drawn by Henry Anelay written by George William MacArthur Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allison Pittman
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1496435613
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seamstress written by Allison Pittman and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully crafted story breathes life into the cameo character from the classic novel A Tale of Two Cities. France, 1788 It is the best of times . . . On a tranquil farm nestled in the French countryside, two orphaned cousins—Renée and Laurette—have been raised under the caring guardianship of young Émile Gagnon, the last of a once-prosperous family. No longer starving girls, Laurette and Renée now spend days tending Gagnon's sheep, and nights in their cozy loft, whispering secrets and dreams in this time of waning innocence and peace. It is the worst of times . . . Paris groans with a restlessness that can no longer be contained within its city streets. Hunger and hatred fuel her people. Violence seeps into the ornate halls of Versailles. Even Gagnon’s table in the quiet village of Mouton Blanc bears witness to the rumbles of rebellion, where Marcel Moreau embodies its voice and heart. It is the story that has never been told. In one night, the best and worst of fate collide. A chance encounter with a fashionable woman will bring Renée’s sewing skills to light and secure a place in the court of Queen Marie Antoinette. An act of reckless passion will throw Laurette into the arms of the increasingly militant Marcel. And Gagnon, steadfast in his faith in God and country, can only watch as those he loves march straight into the heart of the revolution.