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Aged 12, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover. But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds that she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill.
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The Seamstress, María Dueñas
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- The Seamstress
- Language
- English
- Authors
- María Dueñas
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0670920037
- ISBN13
- 9780670920037
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Romance, Historical Fiction, Women, World War II, Fashion Themes, Espionage, Spanish Literature, Spain, Sewing, Civil War, Morocco, North Africa, Madrid, Lisbon, Women in World War II
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- El tiempo entre costuras
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- Aged 12, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover. But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds that she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill.