The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
Tilly Dunnage has come home to care for her mad old mother. She left the small Victorian town of Dungatar years before, and became an accomplished couturier in Paris. Now she earns her living making exquisite frocks for the people who drove her away when she was ten. Through the long Dungatar nights, she sits at her sewing machine, planning revenge.
The Dressmaker is a modern Australian classic, much loved for its bittersweet humour. Set in the 1950s, its subjects include haute couture, love and hate, and a cast of engagingly eccentric characters. It is now a major motion picture, starring Kate Winslet and fine Australian actors including Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Liam Hemsworth and extras from the author's hometown of Jerilderie.
About the Author
Rosalie Ham worked in aged care until The Dressmaker, her first novel, became a best seller. She now teaches literature and has published the acclaimed novels Summer At Mount Hope and There Should Be More Dancing.
Paperback | 296 pages
131 x 196 x 23mm | 278g
08 Sep 2015
Duffy and Snellgrove
Potts Point, Australia
English
0992334462
9780992334468
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including a minor, but obvious, crease on the bottom-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text. At the top-right corner of the first page, in fairly small lettering, the name: KRIS WALSH is written in black pen. No other writing in margins. No missing pages.