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Isabelle Shelton has always found comfort in the predictable world of her mother's dressmaking shop, Mrs. Shelton's Fashions, while her sister Sylvia turned her back on the family years ago to marry a wealthy doctor whom Izzie detests. When their mother dies unexpectedly, the sisters are stunned to find they've jointly inherited the family business. Izzie is determined to buy Sylvia out, but when she's conscripted into the WAAF, she's forced to seek Sylvia's help to keep the shop open. Realizing this could be her one chance at reconciliation with her sister, Sylvia is determined to save Mrs. Shelton's Fashions from closure—and financial ruin.
Through letters, the sisters begin to confront old wounds, new loves, and the weight of family legacy in order to forge new beginnings in this lyrically moving novel perfect for fans of Genevieve Graham and Lucinda Riley.
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781668032749
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- ISBN: 9781668032749
- File size: 5770 KB
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- English
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Reviews
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September 1, 2024
Kelly (The Lost English Girl; A Traitor in Whitehall) sets her newest in WWII London, where two estranged sisters jointly inherit their mother's dressmaking shop and must rely upon each other to save the business and, perhaps by doing so, heal old wounds. Prepub Alert.
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January 1, 2025
Kelly (The Lost English Girl, 2023) has delivered an uplifting WWII story about familial struggles, societal standards, and forgiveness. Sylvia Shelton married up. She's left behind her mother Maggie's dressmaking shop and immersed herself in posh charity meetings, high-society parties, and playing the perfect wife to her husband, Hugo. Izzie Shelton, feeling abandoned by her sister, has learned as much as Maggie will allow about running Mrs. Shelton's Fashions. Izzie has grand ideas for the business, but Maggie says that her shop isn't ready for such innovations. When Maggie passes away, Izzie and Sylvia are shocked to learn that the shop was left to both equally. Over time, the sisters learn to appreciate each other's talents and work together to move Mrs. Shelton's Fashions forward. With the war waging in the background, this story focuses heavily on the expectations of women in the 1940s. Kelly portrays friendships built, sisterhoods solidified, and new, deserving love stories formed. Women's strength in the face of adversity is the focus of this fine historical novel.COPYRIGHT(2025) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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