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41) A killing notion
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Harlow is doing everything she can to expand her dressmaking business, Buttons & Bows--without letting clients know abot her secret charm. When she has a chance to create homecoming dresses with a local charity and handmade mums for several high school girls--including Gracie, whose father, Will, has mended Harlow's heart--she is reading to use her magical talents for a great cause. But when Gracie's date for the dance is accused of murder, Harlow...
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Florence Connelly is broken hearted. Her marriage has collapsed under the weight of the loss she shares with her husband, and her beloved grandmother has just died. Even the joy she found in dressmaking is gone. But things change when Flo opens a box of vintage 1960s dress patterns found inside her grandmother's wardrobe. Inside each pattern packet is a fabric swatch, a postcard from Europe and a photograph of a mysterious young woman, Nancy Moon,...
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Rosa Kusstatscher has built a global fashion empire upon her ability to find the perfect look for any occasion. But tonight, as she prepares for the most important meeting of her life, her usual certainty eludes her. What brought her to this moment? As she struggles to select her dress and choose the right shade of lipstick, Rosa begins to tell her incredible story. The story of a poor country girl from a village high in the mountains of Italy. Of...
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"Zaragoza, 1950. La joven Julia llega a la ciudad sola y embarazada, fruto de una relación prohibida con un hombre que acaba de morir. Aunque conoce las dificultades que entraña ser una mujer en sus condiciones, el deseo de labrar un futuro digno para su hijo la lleva a montar un salón de alta costura, con la ayuda de Rosita, una joven modista. Atraídas por su talento, las mujeres de las familias más adineradas de Zaragoza no tardarán en frecuentar...
46) La costurera
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Debolsillo volume 1184
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"Emília y Luzia dos Santos, dos hermanas con una excelente destreza para la costura, sueñan con escapar de su pequeño pueblo, un anhelo que separa sus vidas ... Luzia sufre una deformidad desde que un accidente en la infancia la dejara lisiada y se convierte en una muchacha ruda y también poco casadera. Su única oportunidad de conseguir la independencia y la felicidad será casarse con el bandido que la secuestra, Antonio, el Halcón. En cambio...
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Christmas 1889. A baby is born in the early hours at Vienna General Hospital, only to be abandoned by her unwed mother and entrusted to a foundling home and its loving caretaker. Fanny Schindler grows from a precocious girl into a strong-willed young woman. Undeterred by the rules of her station, she's determined to rise above her humble origins and pursue her dreams at all costs, becoming an apprentice to one of the most glamorous fashion houses...
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