The seamstress of Sardinia : a novel / Bianca Pitzorno.
"In 1900 Sardinia, a young woman's remarkable talent with a needle earns her a position as a seamstress with a wealthy family. Inside this privileged world far different from her own humble beginnings, the skilled sewer quietly takes measurements, sketches designs, mends hems--and in the silence, hears whispered secrets and stories of all those around her. Through the watchful young seamstress's eyes, this small Italian city and its residents emerge in all their vitality, vanity, and fragility--flawed yet congenial people who are not quite what they pretend to be. There is the Marchesa Esther, who rides horses and studies mechanics and ancient Greek; Miss Lily Rose, a spirited American journalist who commissions a special corset--with pockets to hide more than just her flaws; the Provera sisters with their expensive Parisian fashions that belie their financial hardships; and Assuntina, the wild child. There are men, young, old, and in between; love affairs and broken hearts; and even a murder (or was it suicide?). And at the center, watching and waiting is the seamstress herself, an intelligent, ambitious girl with a tender heart and her own impossible dream." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063271692
- ISBN: 0063271699
- Physical Description: 287 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published as Il sogno della macchina da cucire by Bompiani, Giunti Editore S.p.A, 2018.
- Language Note:
- Translated from Italian.
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- Subject:
- Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Upper class > Italy > Sardinia > Fiction.
Women dressmakers > Fiction.
Social classes > Fiction.
Fashion > Fiction.
Italy > 19th century > Fiction.
Sardinia (Italy) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Historical fiction.
Available copies
- 23 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC PITZORNO (Text) | 36015001887153 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
