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The Secret Lives Of Dresses
Erin McKean
A Novel
5 Spot
February 2011
On Sale: February 10, 2011
Featuring: Dora
300 pages
ISBN: 044655572X
EAN: 9780446555722
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Women's Fiction
Dora has always taken the path of least resistance. She
went to the college that offered her a scholarship, is
majoring in "vagueness studies," and wears whatever shows
the least dirt. She falls into a job at the college coffee
shop, and a crush on her flirty boss, Gary. Just when she's about to test Gary's feelings, Mimi, the
grandmother who raised her, suffers a stroke. Dora rushes
back home to Forsyth, NC, and finds herself running her
grandmother's vintage clothing store. The store has always
been a fixture in Dora's life; though she grew up more of
a jeans-and-sweatshirt kind of girl, before she even knew
how to write, Mimi taught her that a vintage 1920s dress
could lift a woman's spirit. While working there, Dora befriends Mimi's adorable
contractor, Conrad. Is he after Dora, or is working from a
different blueprint? And why did Mimi start writing down--
and giving away--stories of the dresses in her shop? When Mimi dies, Dora can't get out of town fast enough and
cedes control of the store to her money-hungry aunt who
wants to turn it into a t-shirt shop for tourists. But
ultimately, she returns to Forsyth, willing to battle
whatever may stand in the way of her staying there. Dora
can trade her boring clothes for vintage glamour, but can
she trade her boring life for one she actually wants?
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