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Author:

Picardie, Justine, author.

Title:

Miss Dior : a story of courage and couture / Justine Picardie.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

438 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Dior, Catherine,--1917-2008.
Dior, Christian--Family.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Biography.
France--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2021 by Faber & Faber Limited, Great Britain"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-421) and index.

Contents:

Into the Rose Garden -- The Garden Maze -- Through the Looking Glass -- Shadowland -- Rue Royale -- Rue de la Pompe -- Darkness Falls -- The Abyss -- The Underworld -- The Homecoming -- Palais de Glace -- Magical Thinking -- The New Look -- Rising from the Ashes -- The Flower Girl -- Princess Dior -- Taking a Stand -- La Colle Noire -- No Rose without a Thorn.

Summary:

"A biography of Catherine Dior, Christian Dior's younger sister, that illuminates the work of the most iconic designer of the postwar world-her brother, Christian -- and casts new light on the overlooked life of a quietly courageous, quietly extraordinary woman"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0374210357
9780374210359

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1260693049

LCCN:

2021022274

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)