The Dressmaker: A Novel

Claude Reynaud is an old-fashioned tailor designing his famous gowns by hand in a cluttered studio well outside Paris. But one spring afternoon a woman arrives in search of a wedding dress and shatters all his composure: Valentine de Verlay is charming beautiful sophisticated and of course engaged. Though he has long since given up on romance in favor of his work Claude is instantly smitten.. As Valentines wedding approaches Claude finds it impossible to keep a safe distance and everything hes come to rely on in his small focused life looks ready to collapse. Worse still it appears that Valentine may share his feelings.. The Dressmaker is a perfect gem of a novel an enchanting portrait of another world and above all a sly and irresistible love story.