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title: "The Dressmaker: A Novel Paperback – August 11, 2015"
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# The Dressmaker: A Novel Paperback – August 11, 2015

**Brand:** rosalie ham
**Price:** HK$216
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- **What is this?** The Dressmaker: A Novel Paperback – August 11, 2015 by rosalie ham
- **How much does it cost?** HK$216 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved this book
*by L***D on May 14, 2016*

I loved this book. The story is set in an Australian country town and some of the content is quintessentially Australian, so not everyone may understand references to Aussie peculiarities. I am an Aussie by the way.As other reviewers have said, it is a story about a talented dressmaker who returns to her hometown after 20 years' absence to look after her mother who is ailing. My impression is that she doesn't come back to town to seek revenge, but it ends up that way. I'm wondering if those who've said she returns to seek revenge have actually read the book or are basing that impression on the movie.Rosalie Hams' descriptions are masterful - for example - describing Irma Almanac's arthritic hands as "like ginger roots" - the image immediately pops into the reader's mind. Her style of writing is wonderful - descriptive, easy to read and intelligent. Reading novels that are grammatically incorrect or that contain misquotes like "another thing coming" instead of "another think coming" adversely affect my enjoyment so an intelligent writer is very important to me.There are is some sadness in the book, but it is appropriate for the overall story. Generally, I don't really like to read depressing books and I wouldn't categorise this as depressing.I would recommend this book, it is a terrific read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Endearing, Heartfelt Read, and the Revenge is On Point. Highly Recommend!
*by J***A on October 10, 2019*

I did this via audio, and it honestly took a couple of times to get the hang of the characters and keep up with the plot. But once that was done, I really enjoyed this one.I always love a good underdog story and this was exactly that with a bit of a twist. Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage was run out of her small town years ago, and has returned as a dressmaker. She doesn’t plan to stay long, but things change, and soon those that banished her want her dresses. Per usual. However, Tilly begins to get revenge on these people that treated her so badly, as they clearly have not changed their ways after all these years. She also is falling for the town’s football star, and befriends the Sergeant, who oddly enough loves fabrics as well.It is all of these quirks that made me just adore this story. Whoever heard of a Sergeant loving fabrics? But it works really well here. You slowly begin to learn why Tilly was banished from the town as similar events happen again, and you become even more endeared to her as well as her mother. You also begin to despise the town folk as much as Tilly does. But as she begins to exact her revenge it is oh so good, and it culminates in the final blow in the very last sentence and it is absolutely amazing.This is such a well written book, excellent story telling, and I connected with the core characters so much. I’ve had this one on my TBR shelf for a couple of years now, and I finally got around to reading it, I am so very glad I did.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Great story - but  the ending left me unsatisfied
*by J***N on December 11, 2015*

I was really looking forward to reading this as I had read her previous book "Summer at Mt Hope" and was really please that one had been made into a movie. Unfortunately although I did enjoy the read it also reminded me of all the things that had annoyed me in the previous book. There are some amazing characters but I don't think they get treated with with enough depth, the plot has some amazing twists but the never really get developed, and the fragments we learn about Tilly's past, which underpin the entire story, are only ever treated superficially. I would have liked to see a much better developed story and a better paced ending - I feel it was resolved far too quickly and simplistically - my main criticism of "Summer at Mt Hope" - it feels like there's a word limit that can't be exceeded and the story has taken up too words so the ending must be crammed into the small number of words left. It left me unsatisfied. Am now going to see the movie and hoping that perhaps some of these issues are resolved in the script.

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- The Dressmaker: A Novel
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