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Say Yes to the Dress June 2020
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The plan for the "Big Display" this June was going to be books and DVDs that featured dresses on the cover. So for those of you who like to choose from our displays, here's the list!
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The stylist : a novel
by Rosie Nixon
Amber Green is thrown into the fast-paced world of fashion, where the treacherous undercurrents of Hollywood shape her prospects for a fairy-tale romance. By the editor-in-chief of Hello! magazine. Original. 50,000 first printing. Fiction.
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The Grace Kelly dress : a novel
by Brenda Janowitz
The iconic wedding dress of Grace Kelly inspires three generations of women to forge their own paths, including a Parisian atelier who is hired to sew a look-alike gown before confronting an impossible choice. 10,000 first printing. Hoopla audio; Hardback is checked out.
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The dress shop of dreams : a novel
by Menna van Praag
A dress shop owner capable of stitching magic into her wares changes the lives of her customers by giving them the confidence to achieve their goals, but is sadly immune to her own handiwork. Original. 20,000 first printing. Overdrive/Libby and Fiction.
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Girls in white dresses
by Jennifer Close
Attending an endless series of bridal showers for their friend Kristi, three bridesmaids struggle with private challenges, including Isabella's unhappiness at a job where she is nevertheless very successful, Mary's relationship with a man who prioritizes his mother and Lauren's attraction to a man she despises. OverDrive/Libby and Fiction.
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The wedding dress
by Rachel Hauck
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 woman teaches Charlotte something about love in her own unique way. Woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte's heritage, the power of faith, and the beauty of finding true love. Fiction, OverDrive/Libby, Hoopla.
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Nine women, one dress
by Jane L. Rosen
Nine unrelated women whose circumstances are shaped by unrequited love, infidelity and fame find their lives touched by the same little black dress and its seemingly magical properties. Fiction, OverDrive/Libby ebook and audio.
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The secret lives of dresses
by Erin McKean
After her grandmother, Mimi, suffers a stroke, Dora finds herself running Mimi's vintage clothing store, where she begins to fall for Mimi's cute contractor, Conrad, and discovers a journal where Mimi has written down the stories of dresses in her shop. A first novel. Fiction.
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Kiss Carlo : a novel
by Adriana Trigiani
Establishing a stable home and Western Union Telegraph Office in post-World War II Philadelphia, the hardworking Palazzini family is shattered by their nephew's epiphany in the wake of a telegram that changes everything for the citizens of a small Italian-American village. 200,000 first printing. Fiction, ebook & eaudio in OverDrive/Libbby and Hoopla. Most of Trigiani's books feature dresses on the cover.
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The dress in the window
by Sofia Grant
Enduring devastating wartime losses, sisters Jeanne and Peggy design and make stunning dresses to meet post-rationing demands and find themselves achieving unexpected prosperity before sibling rivalry and unexpected revelations challenge their partnership. A first novel. Fiction.
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The perfume collector : a novel
by Kathleen Tessaro
After receiving a large inheritance from a complete stranger, London socialite and newlywed Grace Monroe searches for the identity of her mysterious benefactor and uncovers the story of a unique woman who inspired one of Paris' greatest perfumers, which transforms her own life 35,000 first printing. Fiction and Book on CD; OverDrive/Libby book, Hoopla audio.
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The poppy wife : a novel of the Great War
by Caroline Scott
Hired by other families looking for MIA soldiers, a grieving man searches for his own missing brother along the Western Front, where he photographs soldier graves while making life-changing discoveries. Original. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. New Fiction.
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Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker : a novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Chosen as the personal modiste for Mary Todd Lincoln, freedwoman Elizabeth Keckley is drawn into the intimate life of the Lincoln family as she supports Mary in the loss of her husband from the assassination that stunned the nation and the world. 150,000 first printing. Fiction, Large Print and Book on CD.
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China Dolls : a novel
by Lisa See
Overcoming respective pasts to audition for showgirl roles at an exclusive San Francisco nightclub, three Asian-American girls rely on each other for survival until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor causes one of them to be betrayed and sent to an internment camp. 200,000 first printing. Fiction, Large Print, OverDrive/Libby ebook.
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Brooklyn : a novel
by Colm Tóibín
Leaving her home in post-World War II Ireland to work as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey discovers a new romance in America with a charming blond Italian man before devastating news threatens her happiness. Fiction and OverDrive/Libby.
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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress : A Memoir of Going Home
by Rhoda Janzen
A poet describes how, after her husband of fifteen years left her for a relationship with a man and she subsequently was seriously injured in a car crash, she returned home to her close-knit Mennonite family and came to terms with her failed marriage and the choices that both freed and entrapped her. 50,000 first printing. Biography and Hoopla audio.
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The funeral dress
by Susan Gregg Gilmore
Leona befriended Emmalee, taught her to sew, and offered a home to the unwed mother. When Leona dies tragically, Emmalee decides to honor her by making her a beautiful funeral dress. While half the town rallies behind her, others try to take her child from her. Emmalee will learn she has more strength that she thought possible. Fiction
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The undertaker's assistant
by Amanda Skenandore
Former slaver Effie Jones must return from the North to Reconstruction-era New Orleans, to earn her living as an embalmer; however, returning home stirs a desire in her to trace her kin against the backdrop of the growing violence and racial turmoil in the city. Original. New Fiction, OverDrive/Libby ebook, Hoopla ebook and eaudio.
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The chocolate maker's wife
by Karen Brooks
An illegitimate nobleman’s daughter is rescued from abuse and drudgery by a chocolate proprietor in 17th-century London, where her high-society popularity is unknowingly threatened by her employer’s secret past. By the author of The Locksmith’s Daughter. Original. 100,000 first printing. New Fiction and OverDrive/Libby.
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27 dresses
A selfless young woman who has been a bridesmaid in twenty-seven weddings starts to lose hope when her sister becomes engaged to the man she has a secret crush on and asks her to be the maid-of-honor.
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Sweet home Alabama
A successful New York fashion designer has agreed to marry but first she returns to her old home in Alabama to sever ties with her high school sweetheart and husband, who refuses to give her a divorce.
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