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The Dressmaker por Rosalie Ham
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The Dressmaker (original 2000; edição 2000)

por Rosalie Ham

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"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"--… (mais)
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Título:The Dressmaker
Autores:Rosalie Ham
Informação:Duffy & Snellgrove (2000), Paperback, 296 pages
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Old Aussie vibes, Reminds me of Nana. ( )
  T.E.Bunny | Apr 5, 2024 |
I read this because it was a gift. It is well outside my comfort reading zone in many ways, although I do like recent-history stories, and Australiana.

However, I struggled with reading the story, typically only getting through 2-3 pages at a sitting. I found the majority of the characters unlikeable at best, and many of the reflections on small town life to be particularly unpleasant. Essentially a dystopia set in 1950s rural Australia. ( )
  fred_mouse | Dec 27, 2023 |
I saw the film first, and loved it, so I opted to read the book. I quite enjoyed the book overall, loving the combination of satire/humour, tragedy and drama, as well as the textile details, which can be confusing to anyone not familiar with the process, but add a particular style and layer to the story that makes it fun for those who love working with textiles (When the Sergeant can't read the knitting pattern as presented, I hadn't even realized that it wasn't clear instructions!). I loved how the story showed the outcasts being sympathetic to each other, and connecting as friends. For me, this book is iconic for some of the vocabulary choices it employed, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a dramedy read. The only reason this book is not five stars is because of the ending - which I actually prefer in the movie, because I felt that the sergeant did not deserve to have all his outfits burnt up like that. In the movie he is arrested for being a cross-dresser, and Tilly is distraught, in the book, despite them being good friends, she burns all his things along with the rest of the town on her way out, which I found off-putting enough to make me overall prefer the film ( )
  AmericanAlexandria | Apr 30, 2023 |
Read this after really enjoying the film. Prefer to read a book first but was interesting to read the differences between the 2. ( )
  ElizabethCromb | Mar 28, 2023 |
Loved this book. It's dark with a little glimmer of hope. And then all hope is dashed and everyone comes to a very bad end.

Tilly Dunnage returns to her small hometown after a 20 year absence to take care of her elderly and sick mother. As the book progresses, we see Tilly's past in flash-backs.

Tilly has a complex and difficult past with just about every single inhabitant of the town, but with her return as a successful adult she's gaining acceptance she never had as a child. But then a tragedy occurs and the whole town shuns Tilly again. She has the last laugh and leaves the town in ruins.
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  sriddell | Aug 6, 2022 |
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"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"--

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