{"product_id":"the-wardrobe-mistress-a-heart-wrenching-wartime-love-story-paperback","title":"The Wardrobe Mistress: A heart-wrenching wartime love story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalie Meg Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon 1945, \u003c\/strong\u003eand as victory unfurls throughout Europe, a young war widow steps aboard a train in search of a new life. \u003cstrong\u003eThe fighting may be over, but for Vanessa Kingcourt\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ethe heartache has only just begun.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking up a new job as a wardrobe mistress, with no experience and no budget for supplies, \u003cstrong\u003eVanessa\u003c\/strong\u003e must use her intuition to create beautiful, elaborate costumes from whatever scraps of silk and thread survived the blitz under the watchful eye of her employer, and husband of her oldest friend, \u003cstrong\u003eAlistair\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a seemingly impossible task, one that will unravel secrets sewn deep into the very fabric of her past, but a welcome distraction from her growing feelings for Alistair. \u003cstrong\u003eWill she dare to love a man who can never be hers?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003cem\u003eThe Wardrobe Mistress\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Beautifully told, this is a lush, descriptive story about life after World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eCayo Costa, \u003c\/em\u003e5 Stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A journey that will \u003cstrong\u003epull your heartstrings\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eleave a lasting impression\u003c\/strong\u003e.' \u003cem\u003eNik Book Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, 4 stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eReally enjoyed this novel\u003c\/strong\u003e - many layers of intrigue, a sumptuous theatre setting and the background of WW2 all make for a complex novel of split personalities, shadows behind the curtains and never really knowing who, or what, is just out of sight, stage left. 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