07587cam a2200541 4500 233419524 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385535625 0385535627 B005IEGU2U Amazon 5d86190e-adce-4e89-8ec6-906f3a24dd2a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 215429 633480 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Alcott, Kate. The Dressmaker [Libby eBook]. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2414kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:"The 1912 sinking of the Titanic is the stone at the center of a ripple expanding to encompass the rest of the world in this fictionalized account of real historical persons and events. It is a layered story highlighting class differences and the public and private personas people put on as easily as high-fashion dresses, illustrating both the tragedy's individual torment as well as a larger wave of survivor's guilt. Multiple points of view bring many perspectives to the witch-hunt atmosphere and courtroom drama of a shocked world looking for someone to blame. By setting the story mainly in New York City, Alcott contrasts Lady Duff Gordon's lush, glittering world of high society with reporter Pinky Wade's tenement squalor and seamstress Tess Collins's ambition and longing for freedom. Tess, the fulcrum of a star-crossed love triangle with two fellow survivors, a twice-divorced wealthy American and a sailor with a talent for woodcarving, never loses her integrity as she struggles to make sense of everything. These small stories stand for hundreds of others whose voices were stolen by the tragedy as survivors faced the consequences of indiscretion and quick tongues. A low hum of background action--suffragettes and union tensions--mirrors the human costs in the disaster that besets the Titanic....will find much to think about in this story shaped by the inherent desire to know more about one of the most documented and researched tragedies in human history". HTML:Library Journal. HTML:Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she's had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be her personal maid on theTitanic. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men--a kind sailor and an enigmatic Chicago businessman--who offer differing views of what lies ahead for her in America. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes, and amidst the chaos, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat. The survivors are rescued and taken to New York, but when rumors begin to circulate about the choices they made, Tess is forced to confront a serious question. Did Lady Duff Gordon save herself at the expense of others? Torn between loyalty to Lucile and her growing suspicion that the media's charges might be true, Tess must decide whether to stay quiet and keep her fiery mentor's good will or face what might be true and forever change her future.. HTML:"Kate Alcott seamlessly stitches fact and fiction together creating this wonderfully colorful book. This story has many layers and reaches far beyond the tragedy of the Titanic....riveting....This novel is steeped in truth woven together with fiction making this Titanic tale feel like one never told before....beautifully told and really examines loss, love, survival and the choices made in between.". HTML:The Examiner. HTML:"While reading The Dressmaker, I felt as if I were actually living and breathing the events before, during and after the tragedy....The novel is filled with the atmosphere, clothes, and historical figures of the times, including the Astors, "The Unsinkable" Molly Brown, and J. Bruce Ismay, the White Star's Managing Director, who cowardly boarded a lifeboat before others.". HTML:Huffington Post. HTML:"Why write a Titanic story not really about the Titanic? Because what happens to the survivors makes for interesting reading.....compelling.....Her research into the Titanic, its sinking, and the hearings subsequently prompted is impeccable....fascinating.....actual historical figures become intricate characters in Alcott's hands.". HTML:Seattle Post Intelligencer. "It's Titanic revisited, in a romance focused on the survivors and the scandal, seen from the perspective of an aspiring seamstress whose fortunes intertwine with real characters from the epic tragedy....interesting historical facts...an appealing, soulful freshness to this shrewdly commercial offering". HTML:Kirkus. HTML:"We all know how the Titanic went down, we all saw the movie. But what happened after? This brilliant book shows the aftermath of the tragedy, seen through the eyes of a brave, young girl who was on board, on her way to A. HTML:Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept. HTML:"If you want a fictional escape [about the Titanic], then it's time to turn to a new novel called The Dressmaker....the book explores complicated gender dynamics of the time, and offers a heroine you can really root for". HTML:NPR's All Things Considered. "An unashamed girlie-book....we learn a good deal about what it was like when the ship went down. But we also follow Tess as she learns about the high-fashion business in New York.". HTML:Washington Post. HTML:"The Dressmaker will appeal to readers of other historical book group favorites, The Paris Wife and Loving Frank.". HTML:Book Group Buzz, A Booklist Blog. HTML:"Folds compelling story into Titanic tragedy....Seamlessly stitching fact and fiction together, Alcott creates a hypnotic tale". USA Today. "Brims with engrossing storytelling....For fans of Sarah Jio, Susanna Kearsley, and immigrant tales.". HTML:Booklist. "Thoroughly enjoyable.". HTML:The Book Reporter. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: eBook. 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