03299cim a2200397 i 4500 2521354456 TxAuBib 20240826120000.0 r 250812s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062891983 sound recording : hoopla Audio Book 0062891987 sound recording : hoopla Audio Book MWT12196118 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Robson, Jennifer, author. The Gown [Hoopla] : A Novel of the Royal Wedding / Jennifer Robson. Unabridged. [United States : William Morrow Paperbacks, 2018. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 03 min.)) : digital. spw rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. Read by Marisa Calin. hoopla Book Club Hub - Spotlight Selection! Visit for discussion guide, exclusive author interview, and more. 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. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla Audiobook. Sagas Fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. Romance fiction. Calin, Marisa, reader. hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12196118?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh2017 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780062891983_180.jpeg Cover image