
The Paris Gown
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Synopsis
From perennially popular historical novelist Christine Wells, the delightful tale of three young women in 1950s Paris who share a single dazzling Christian Dior gown.
Paris, 1955
Three friends—Claire, Gina, and Margot—who parted as very young women with their whole lives ahead of them, reunite in Paris years later, determined to start life anew.
Parisian Claire has been working hard to become a Michelin-starred chef one day, but ever since the heady time she spent in the company of socialites Gina and Margot, her dream has been to own a Dior gown. This seemed like a far-off fantasy, until her neighbor, Deidre Martin, who lives above Claire’s family brasserie, mysteriously disappears from Paris, quitting her job at the United States Embassy and leaving Claire to mind her apartment. Most bafflingly, Deidre also makes Claire a very special gift: a stunning Dior gown.
Meanwhile Gina, a cool American blue blood, lands on Claire’s doorstep nursing a broken heart and a broken engagement after her father lost all of the family money in a risky business venture. A journalist aspiring to be a novelist, Gina has returned to Paris in the hopes of pursuing her dream. But when Deidre goes missing, Gina’s journalistic instincts scent a story, and an invitation to the United States Embassy ball is too great an opportunity to miss. Only what on earth is she going to wear?
Warm-hearted Claire insists Gina wear the Dior gown to the ball, and after some hesitation, Gina accepts. At Dior for Gina’s fitting, whom should assist them but Margot, the friend they thought had gone back to Australia to be married. But Margot is living in Paris and working at Dior under an assumed name, and clearly is not happy to have been found.
Is their close friendship at an end? Or will the wonder and delight of the Dior gown bring these young women back together?
Gorgeous, perfectly fitted, lustrous and luxurious, the Dior gown has the power to change lives—as these three remarkable women are about to discover…
Release date: August 20, 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins
Print pages: 384
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Told from three omniscient third person perspectives (Claire, Gina and Margot) covering approximately ten years in the life, THE PARIS GOWN focuses on the lives and friendships of chef Claire, wanna-be writer Gina, and sales assistant Margot. In 1950 our trio of friends dreamed of a different life, and the ability to afford a designer Dior gown. Fast forward five years, th...
Told from three omniscient third person perspectives (Claire, Gina and Margot) covering approximately ten years in the life, THE PARIS GOWN focuses on the lives and friendships of chef Claire, wanna-be writer Gina, and sales assistant Margot. In 1950 our trio of friends dreamed of a different life, and the ability to afford a designer Dior gown. Fast forward five years, the friends choices in life have pulled them in different directions but choices often lead to consequences and changes, and the trio will reunite in Paris, with the gift of the original Dior gown. As each struggles to find a new direction going forward, the past returns for one; a family crisis pulls another back home; and a forbidden love will see a happily ever after yet for each, the Dior gown will bring them one step closer to the future they have always wanted.
THE PARIS GOWN is a story of friendships and relationships, secrets and acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is spirited, lively and enthralling. The reader is up close and personal with the lives of three friends, their struggles to find happiness, security and independence. The characters are animated, charismatic and real.
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