02433cam a2200433 i 4500 273337360 TxAuBib 20161001120000.0 151210t20162000||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2015048819 9781410487698 hardback 1410487695 hardback TxAuBib rda Ham, Rosalie,. The dressmaker [large print] / Rosalie Ham. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016. ©2000. 381 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print historical fiction Thorndike Press large print historical fiction "A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture-- After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at couture houses in Paris, Tilly Dunnage returns to the small Australian town she was banished from as a child. She plans only to check on her ailing mother and leave. But Tilly decides to stay, and though she is still an outcast, her lush, exquisite dresses prove irresistible to the prim women of Dungatar. Through her fashion business, her friendship with Sergeant Farrat--the town's only policeman, who harbors an unusual passion for fabrics--and a budding romance with Teddy, the local football star whose family is almost as reviled as hers, she finds a measure of grudging acceptance. But as her dresses begin to arouse competition and envy in town, causing old resentments to surface, it becomes clear that Tilly's mind is set on a darker design: exacting revenge on those who wronged her, in the most spectacular fashion"--Provided by publisher. 20161001. MG. km. Women dressmakers Fiction. Dressmaking Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Country life Australia Victoria Fiction. Revenge Fiction. Large type books. Historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print historical fiction.