The other era is one recent and modern. It was all she had known, having grown up with a needle in her hand and her mother's fashion by her side.
The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester centres around wannabe fashions designer Estelle who escapes war-ravaged Europe for America in the 1940s, and her granddaughter Fabienne who hopes to live up to her grandmother's legacy. I truly loved this book and the way that the story unfolded even if sometimes I was going insane, wondering if I would ever find out some of the answers. At times it was clumsy and difficult to follow.The Paris Seamstress was my first of Lester's books, and I was looking forward to the read after finding glowing reviews here and on Amazon. Soon she is caught in what we must assume is Resistance operations, and she flees the country on her convenient yet unknown American birth papers, leaving her mother behind without much protestation. Decided I didn’t want to waste my time on mediocre storytelling. Lester's a talented writer, and I have no quarrel with her skill. Oh how I LOVE LOVE LOVE Estella... and at first I loved Estella so much that when Fabienne came into the picture, I was highly disappointed, but by the end, I loved her as well. Oh how I LOVE LOVE LOVE Estella... and at first I loved Estella so much that when Fabienne came into the picture, I was highly disappointed, but by the end, I loved her as well. And as an avid reader I’m conscious it takes a talented writer to allow us to forget we’re mere bystanders to a piece of fiction.Lester’s strengths however, are very much in her storytelling ability – because this one was addictive and intriguing – in a non-whodunnit kinda way; and in her character development, because we identify very very strongly with both Estelle and Fabienne. I loved the Paris that Estella loved, and the New York she came to call home, and Fabienne's New York. I really think that the characters grew so much throughout the course of the book, and the relationships progressed in such a believable, and sometimes heartbreaking, way. She wants to bring the flair of Paris fashions to America. by Hachette Australia I also really liked getting to learn more about people who actually lived in history and I definitely fell into a Wikapedia rabbit hole.I was blown away by The Paris Seamstress. Most highly recommended!Thank you Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group for the ARC.Thank you Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group for the ARC.If you love being transported back in time to another world, you will fall in love with Natasha Lester’s latest historical fiction, The Paris Seamstress.If you love being transported back in time to another world, you will fall in love with Natasha Lester’s latest historical fiction, The Paris Seamstress.I’m giving this 4 stars despite not loving it, because it is good, and it’s not the book’s fault that I wasn’t really in the mood for historical fiction and really only want to read thrillers just now. 1940, as the Germans advance towards France, Estelle Bissette has to leave her beloved mother and her homeland and travel to America. It may have picked up later, but I couldn’t even get past the first quarter in which it focused on dressmaking. It tracks the endeavours of one woman - Estelle and her love of designing dresses and other clothing. Natasha Lester’s lush language and sweeping story from 1940 France to the present captivates from page one. Estella is a French seamstress refugee who flees to Manhattan at the insistence of her mother during World War II.
Soon she is caught in what we must assume is Resistance operations, and she flees the country on her convenient yet unknown American birth papers, leaving her mother behind without much protestation. Her life is complicated more when she meets a dashing, but enigmatic man. The dual narratives worked so well together, and I loved that I learned so much about fashion history. I found it hard going, one dimensional and flat. We follow Estella in 1940's who moves to New York and goes through many hardships while trying to start her own fashion line. It's not any less impactful but it's a very different story from a different outlook on WWII other than the heart of Europe, the front-line fighting or a concentration camp like we are familiar with. Parisian seamstress Estella Bissette is forced to flee France as the Germans advance. Natasha doesn’t just write about her chosen topic and set it in an arbitrary place; she plunges you into that world, visiting the places and experiencing as much of the life she’s writing about as possible, securing a level of authenticity only second to experiencing it yourself.
I did not die.”“she could make women feel stronger and bolder and more courageous, as they would need to be through these dark times.” If I could give this wonderful story of two brave women set across generations 10 stars, I gladly would. It's not any less impactful but it's a very different story from a different outlook on WWII I was blown away by The Paris Seamstress. But it is not an easy road. How much will a young seamstress from Paris sacrifice to succeed in the male dominated world of 1940s fashion in New York? Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. But Germany's approach on France in 1940 saw Estella flee the only home she'd known, heading to Manhattan on the Historical fiction is fast becoming my favourite genre and after reading this magnificent book, it's not hard to see why. I read a lot of WWII, female perspective fiction. The wonderfully woven secrets and the journeys I have traveled with these two women. Estella’s timeline moves through the 40’s, while Fabienne’s stays in 2015. Estella continues her work at the atelier without much notice of the war, her attention captured by silks and sketches. UK Cover . At times it was clumsy and difficult to follow.Many authors are using the dual time format, some more effectively than others.
She sets out with a sewing machine, a head full of plans and dreams and not a lot else. I write about books and life in general. One era is the war years - and the effects on France especially. Her casual use of Parisian locations, habits, culture and places through phrasing and and descriptions is a bit bewitching. It it weren’t a NetGalley book, I would have left it for another time.
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