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Author:
Aurensanz, Carlos, author.
Title:
El tejido de los días / Carlos Aurensanz.
Edition:
Primera edición.
Publisher:
Penguin Random House,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
651 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Unmarried mothers--Fiction.
Women dressmakers--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Zaragoza (Spain)--Fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Other Titles:
The fabric of the days Spanish.
Summary:
"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 el taller para admirar las modernas telas y los vestidos más glamurosos de la época. Será así como Julia conocerá a la familia Monforte y las vidas y los anhelos de quienes trabajan para ellos: el portero, las doncellas, el chofer, la institutriz y la cocinera que, en esos días, se convertirán en su familia. Mientras Julia intenta esconder el pasado del hombre al que amó y construir un futuro para su hijo, un secreto inconfesable que se había estado oculto durante generaciones en la mansión de los Monforte saldrá a la luz y cambiará para siempre la vida de sus habitantes."-- Provided by publisher.
"Zaragoza, 1950. The young Julia arrives in the city alone and pregnant, the result of a forbidden relationship with a man who has just died. Although she knows the difficulties involved in being a woman in her conditions, the desire to carve out a worthy future for her son takes her to set up a haute couture salon, with the help of Rosita, a young dressmaker. Attracted by her talent, the women of the wealthiest families in Zaragoza will soon come to the workshop to admire the modern fabrics and dresses glamorous of the time. This is how Julia will get to know the Monforte family and the lives and desires of those who work for them: the doorman, the maids, the driver, the governess and the cook who, in those days, will become As Julia tries to hide the past of the man she loved and build a future for her son, an unspeakable secret that had been hidden for generations in the Monforte mansion will come to light and it will change the lives of its inhabitants forever. "- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
8466668950
9788466668958
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1232148245
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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