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The Dress
2011
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3.42
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284
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Meet Ella and her mother Fabbia Moreno who arrive in York, one cold January day, to set up their vintage dress shop. The flamboyant Fabbia wants to sell beautiful dresses to nice people and move on from her difficult past. Ella just wants to fit in. But not everyone is on their side. Will Fabbia overcome the prejudices she encounters? What's the dark secret she's hiding? And do the silk linings and concealed seams of her dresses contain real spells or is this all just 'everyday magic'? Among the leopard-print shoes, tea-gowns and costume jewellery in Fabbia's shop are many different stories - and the story of one particular dress. This is a full-length novel for lovers of vintage and readers of contemporary romance/fantasy.

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Sophie Nicholls
Sophie Nicholls
Author · 6 books

Sophie Nicholls is a best-selling author and an award-winning poet based in York in the North of England. She teaches Creative Writing at Teesside University and is Programme Leader of the MA Creative Writing by Online/Distance Learning.

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