The Wedding Dress Maker

The Wedding Dress Maker

by Leah Fleming (Author)

Synopsis

In the shadow of a love lost and being disgraced by her actions, Netta Nichol must watch from the sidelines as her child is brought up by her father and stepmother. This is not the first time her stepmother has taken what is rightfully hers. First it was her dead mother's rainbow necklace - Netta's only legacy - now her son...

Netta is unable to protest such treatment, for it is 1945 and, in the eyes of her God-fearing community, she is doubly cursed: an unmarried mother who struggled with mental health problems after giving birth to her son.

After being banished from her beloved Galloway, to a Yorkshire mill-town, Netta is determined to show she is capable of building a life for herself, so she can return to Galloway and claim back her child...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 05 Sep 2019

ISBN 10: 1789543258
ISBN 13: 9781789543254
Book Overview:

From the acclaimed author of The Captain's Daughter and The Postcard, a warm, intelligent and emotionally compelling historical novel of love, loss and triumph...


Media Reviews
PRAISE FOR LEAH FLEMING:
'A born storyteller' Kate Atkinson.
'It's a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' Rachel Hore.
'A fabulous story of people, places and pearls from a master storyteller' Lancashire Post.
'Fascinating and unputdownable' Trisha Ashley.
Author Bio

After careers in teaching, catering, running a market stall, stress management courses in the NHS as well as being a mother of four, Leah Fleming found her true calling as a storyteller. She lives in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales but spends part of the year marinating her next tale from an olive grove on her favourite island of Crete. leahfleming.co.uk @LeahleFleming