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03404aim a22004215a 4500 001 8AC8185A3FDD11E9A7F5176897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190306010018 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 190104s2018 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 0062891987 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9780062891983 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT12196118 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 813.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Robson, Jennifer. 245 14 $a The Gown $h [electronic resource] / $c Jennifer Robson. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b HarperAudio, $c 2018. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 38 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 $a Read by Marisa Calin. 520 $a From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century-Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown-and the fascinating women who made it. London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown. Toronto, 2016: More than half a century later, Heather Mackenzie seeks to unravel the mystery of a set of embroidered flowers, a legacy from her late grandmother. How did her beloved Nan, a woman who never spoke of her old life in Britain, come to possess the priceless embroideries that so closely resemble the motifs on the stunning gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding almost seventy years before? And what was her Nan's connection to the celebrated textile artist and holocaust survivor Miriam Dassin? With The Gown, Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. Balancing behind-the-scenes details with a sweeping portrait of a society left reeling by the calamitous costs of victory, she introduces readers to three unforgettable heroines, their points of view alternating and intersecting throughout its pages, whose lives are woven together by the pain of survival, the bonds of friendship, and the redemptive power of love. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 00 $a Elizabeth $b II, $c Queen of Great Britain, $d 1926- $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Wedding costume $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women dressmakers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $x Social life and customs $y 20th century $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Calin, Marisa. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12196118 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780062891983_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20190402011824.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8AC8185A3FDD11E9A7F5176897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search