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From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the '60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day. The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s--history holds many surprises, and lives are changed...
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Wedding Collection volume 1
Publisher:
Thomas Nelson
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English
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3 stars
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"One dress. Four women. An amazing destiny. Charlotte Malone is getting married. Yet all is not settled in the heart of Birmingham's chic bridal boutique owner. Charlotte can dress any bride to perfection-except herself. When she discovers a vintage mint-condition wedding gown in a battered old trunk, Charlotte embarks on a passionate journey to discover the women who wore the gown before her. Emily in 1912. Mary in 1939. And Hillary in 1968. Each...
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Fame, fortune and true love, Emma McDaniel thought she had it all. But stardom came at great personal cost, a painful divorce from her childhood sweetheart and the shattering of all her dreams. Fleeing the press and her own despair, Emma heads to Scotland for the role of a lifetime. There, brooding historian Dr. Jared Butler will help her become the legendary Lady Aislinn, unless his surly attitude tempts Emma to slay him with the lady's sword first....
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English
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5 stars
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"Three plucky women lift the spirits of homefront brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration-even at weddings-in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades...
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Publisher:
Trellis Publishing
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Gabriela comes from a family of broken relationships and broken bank accounts. Her fiancee makes even less money than her and they both feel bad that they cannot afford a decent wedding, let alone a wedding dress. She looks everywehere for the proper dress and cannot find one, and she is not even sure she is marrying the right man. She then discovers a wedding gown at the local flea market being sold by an elderly woman. The woman tells her the dress...
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Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
1994
Language:
English
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Seared into Rebecca's memory were her mother's final words, "The trunk, guard it carefully. There is in it your only hope." Orphaned while still a young girl, Rebecca's only tangible heritage was a trunk which contained a wedding dress and a small black book. Concluding that her only hope was associated with the dress and the future marriage it symbolized, her life became a search for the one man who would make her dream come true. A trip west in...
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Publisher:
W. F. Howes Ltd
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Three women. Three love stories. One dress. The new heartwarming and uplifting romance from award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins. Suzanne is engaged to be married to the man of her dreams - except the lead up to her wedding is beginning to feel more like a nightmare. Can Suzanne uncover the truth about her fiancé ahead of her big day? Bella's life was on track until the day of the hen party when everything changed. Now she must find the strength...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Get in the bridal spirit with this prequel novella to the fabulous new Harlequin KISS contemporary romance series, The Wedding Season! Bridal shop owner Amber Davis dreaded the moment she'd run in to Parker Robinson while working on his sister's wedding. She'd spent every summer in the Hamptons with his family as a kid, fantasizing about kissing him. But she's shocked to discover that the confident boy who'd given Amber her first taste of love has...
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V&A Pub
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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From the romance of its evolution to the splendor of its design, the wedding dress is unlike any other garment, a talisman from a fantasy world, the manifestation of dreams coming true. This book draws on wedding garments in the V&A's renowned collection along with photographs, letters, memoirs, and newspaper accounts to explore the history of the white wedding dress and the traditions that have developed around it from 1700 to today, when designers...
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C&T Publishing
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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Family secrets, a second chance at love, and a stalker-trouble is right around the corner. Adopted as an infant, art quilter Lisbeth James has no clue about the family waiting for her. After her maternal grandmother dies, Lisbeth inherits the family home and travels to Texas to claim her inheritance. There, she finds long-lost family, a man who makes her heart flutter, a feeling she has not known since the passing of her ex-fiancé, and a hidden treasure-a...
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Publisher:
W. F. Howes Ltd
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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In the shadow of loss, disgrace and ill-health, unmarried mother Netta Nichol must watch her child being brought up by her farming father and stepmother. Exiled from her beloved Galloway, she seeks refuge in a Yorkshire mill town where she finds solace in sewing for her son. With the help of local friends, she makes her dream of creating beautiful wedding dresses come true, believing this is the one dress she may never get the chance to wear; in a...
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Series:
Wedding Collection volume 3.50
Publisher:
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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December comes to quaint Hearts Bend, Tennessee, with a blanket of white and the glitter of Christmas lights. For JoJo Castle there is no place like home. Her onetime love of adventure ended when her life in the big city came crashing down. Now that she's home, she never wants to leave again. Country music sensation Buck Mathews has charmed the world with his smile and his music. However, news of his mother's illness brought him home to Hearts Bend...
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Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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'Heartwarming and humorous, The One with the Engagement Party is Erin Lawless at her best. I can't wait for more!' - Books with Bunny Save the Date Finding the one - the wedding dress of your dreams - is a special day in any brides life. Unless you've got four squabbling bridesmaids and an overbearing mother all trying to squish you into a sample size dress… For fans of romcoms like Bridesmaids and Four Weddings & a Funeral, and bestselling authors...
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Let New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweep you away with thisacclaimed novella about uncovering long-hidden secrets. Drawn to an old trunk in the attic, Lara Calhoun is unable to resist finding out whattreasure her late, beloved mother had kept hidden away for all these years. Her unexpecteddiscovery soon turns her world upside down and makes her second-guess everything she'sever believed about her mother and about love. Will it lead...
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Publisher:
Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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A Bridesmaid Thirteen Times Over. But Never a Bride? A painful betrayal drove wedding dress designer Sylvie Shea out of New York City to her North Carolina hometown. Now she outfits the town's brides and secretly works on her own wedding dress-;one Sylvie thinks she'll never wear. Her family-;and practically all the citizens of Briarwood-;have made it their mission to find Sylvie a husband. And when Joel Mercer and his six-year-old daughter, Rianne,...