The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
Description Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration—even at weddings—in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago. Praying that…

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan

9780593158838

411 Pages

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Ballatine Books

Release Date: May 31, 2022

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Friendships, World War II, England

The story is centered around three very different women during World War II, England.

Grace Carlisle is the vicar’s daughter. She is planning her wedding to Lawrence when her father hands her an old box containing her mother’s wedding gown. Unfortunately, the moths have been feasting on it and it is in bad shape. She hopes the women’s sewing circle will be able to help her restore it.

Cressida Wescott is a well-known fashion designer in London. When her fashion house and home are destroyed in a bomb raid, she is forced to move back to the country and her family estate.

Violet Westcott, Cressida’s niece, is privileged and narcissistic. Just barely out of her teens, she wants to marry and have a title. When circumstances suddenly change, she is forced out of her comfort zone.

This is a beautiful story of a women’s circle. It shows that no matter who you are or where you are from, friendships can be formed. The story is written in third person point of view with multiple perspectives. Each woman brings her own personality to the story and shows inner strength. I absolutely loved this book and wish I could give it more than five stars. If you like historical fiction with strong female characters, you will enjoy reading this book.

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