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02789aam a2200433 i 4500 001 009923CAE55411E7AFB0C42A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171220010225 007 ta 008 130507t20132013xna b 000 f eng 010 $a 2013433035 020 $a 1743313861 020 $a 9781743313862 035 $a (OCoLC)842392917 035 $a (OCoLC)861073384 040 $a NZWTU $b eng $e rda $c NZWTU $d DLC $d AU@ $d CDX $d YDXCP $d NZASP $d NZAUC $d UV1 $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a nznb 050 00 $a PR9619.3.K475 $b L37 2013 082 04 $a NZ823.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Kennedy, Anne, $d 1959- $e author. 245 14 $a The last days of the national costume / $c Anne Kennedy. 264 1 $a Crows Nest, N.S.W. : $b Allen & Unwin, $c 2013. 300 $a 388 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Novel by a New Zealand author. 520 $a "You'd think that mending clothes would be an uneventful, uncomplicated occupation. No drama, no unnecessary explanations, no personal involvement. But people love to talk, and as they make their excuses to GoGo Sligo, of Megan Sligo Mending and Alterations, they reveal the holes in their stories as well. It doesn't take long for GoGo to get to the truth behind the rips and tears they've brought her to fix. As GoGo listens and sews, she realises she is also helping her clients cheat and lie to their husbands and wives. She's covering their tracks so they won't be found out. A five-week blackout brings the city to its knees, and a drama to her doorstep. A lover, a wife, and finally the cheating husband all come to claim a vintage Irish costume that GoGo's been mending. She doesn't want to like the guilty husband, but can't resist being drawn into the enticing web of his deceit, and then into his story of heartbreak and death on the streets of Belfast. To keep him coming back to the blacked-out house and to prolong the telling of his family's story, GoGo pretends the costume isn't finished. As she makes him return to her, day after day, it becomes clear that another kind of spell is being woven, and GoGo must face the truth about herself and her own life and marriage"--Back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388). 650 0 $a Domestic fiction. 650 0 $a Clothing and dress $x Repairing $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Storytelling $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Northern Island $z Belfast $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 4 $a New Zealand fiction $y 21st century. $5 Nz 655 4 $a New Zealand fiction $y 20th century. 655 7 $a Love stories. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Romance fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180710025130.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=009923CAE55411E7AFB0C42A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search