Harmful Occasions on Dressmakers’ Alley: The beginning of a gritty historic saga collection from BESTSELLER Rosie Clarke
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The beginning of a collection from bestselling saga writer Rosie Clarke.
Welcome to Dressmakers’ Alley, a twisted place full of darkish and lethal secrets and techniques…
London’s East Finish 1923
Within the coronary heart of Dressmakers’ Alley, Madame Pauline’s sweatshop is rumoured to be a very disagreeable place to work. Crammed with seamstresses paid a pittance who flip a blind eye to what darker actions are hidden behind locked doorways.
Younger Winnie Brown is eager to show her worth to the Ladies Motion and secures a job as a seamstress to analyze the whispers of some unsavoury goings on. Her issues are quickly justified when she hears a determined cry for assist.
In the meantime, fortunately married, Girl Diane Cooper is the darling of London’s high-society. Lovely and proficient, she seemingly has all of it. However the strict constraints society assigns her leaves her annoyed, she craves extra freedom. With the assistance of her devoted dresser Susie can she realise her dream?
What’s the connection between Girl Diane’s world and the poor exploited younger ladies of Dressmakers’ Alley?
Can the 2 worlds come collectively for the nice of all?
Lacking Mulberry Lane? Learn Dressmakers’ Alley and also you gained’t be far-off…
Reward for Rosie Clarke:
‘Good learn. Fantastic characters that draw you into Harpers world. Totally pleasurable.’ – Kitty Neale
‘Rosie Clarke books firstclass writer love each certainly one of her books’ – Reader Overview
‘Homicide, fraud, sculdugery within the work place, and romance. Who may ask for extra’ – Reader Overview
‘Nice characters and it was a web page turner, I’ll advocate this e-book to others’ – Reader Overview
‘In the case of writing sagas, Rosie Clarke is up there with a number of the greatest within the enterprise’ – Bookish Jottings
‘Filled with drama, romance and secrets and techniques … An ideal instance of its style’ – That Factor She Reads
‘That is fantastic historic fiction that’s so character-driven you may want these ladies lived in your road’ – Reader Overview
‘Completely liked this newest instalment and revisiting the women of the Lane. One other nice story of affection and heartache’ – Reader Overview
ASIN : B0CKYNGC2J
Writer : Boldwood Books (April 5, 2024)
Publication date : April 5, 2024
Language : English
File measurement : 3574 KB
Textual content-to-Speech : Enabled
Display Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Phrase Clever : Enabled
Print size : 346 pages
10 reviews for Harmful Occasions on Dressmakers’ Alley: The beginning of a gritty historic saga collection from BESTSELLER Rosie Clarke
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LJ Dunn –
good story
Canât wait for the sequel! Will Sam & Winnie get married? Will the shop work out? Love how characters are tied in from previous stories.
Sue –
entertaining and intriguing
Was lead a merry tale with enjoyable twist and turns.I am excited to discover what the characters do next!
linda –
Dangerous times on Dressmaker Alley
I absolutely loved this book. I loved how all the characters came alive as I read through the book. I will definitely read this book again .
eyes.2c –
Dressmakerâs AlleyâDanger lurks!
A relatively interesting story set in the early 1920âs referencing the womenâs suffragette movement, sweatshop working conditions for seamstresses, and women being trafficked.Winnie Brown, whoâs part of the freedom movement, decides to look at the happenings at Madame Paulineâs, a shonky dress production establishment that treats its seamstresses abominably, on Dressmakerâs Alley in Londonâs East End. The women are given pittance wages, a 10-12 hour working day, no lunch break and short, infrequent toilet times. They are bullied and harassed.Then thereâs the stairs that lead to the closed off attic.Itâs in this area she meets Sam Collins, a cobbler with his own shop nearby. Samâs sister Susie, as it happens, is the Dresser and personal maid to Lady Dianne Cooper, husband to Sir Henry Cooper. Sir Henry it appears owns the building where Madame Paulineâs is housed. He is completely unaware of anything untoward occurring there.Thereâs a whole lot of coincidences that produce a set of seemingly intertwined situations. Maybe too many coincidences. They make the plot seem just too pat.A clean romance with more than threatening overtones, exposing the hardships of the time, that women particularly faced.A Boldwood Books ARC via NetGalley.Many thanks to the author and publisher.(Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.)
Iva_13 –
worthless
Forget this one, no substance and extremely BORING!!!
Miss R. A. Connor –
This is a good book, first in a series, about dressmakers in a sweatshop in 1923. It’s about Winnie, who was in the Harpers series, she is working for the Women’s Movement, and has been asked to look into a sweatshop, as reports have been made that women are being held against their will. Posing as a seamstress, a beginner, she gets the job, but that is only the beginning of the story. She meets Sam Collins a cobbler, there is his sister Susie, who works for Lady Diane as a lady’s maid/dresser. But they are friends and Lady Diane has plans. Her husband Lord Henry Cooper, is connected to the sweatshop and there are many connections but you will fall easily into this world.Recommended to read as the evenings draw in.
BookLover –
This book was such a pleasure to read. I like well-written prose where the sentences flow with a rhythm and do not jar: Rosie Clarke writes so well about everything from social issues and criminality to the motions of the heart and its dilemmas. She is equally at home in the sweatshops of the East End of London in the 1920s and the upper echelons of high society with the delightful Lady Diane Spencer and her aspirations to live a life not as narrow and constrained as her class might suggest.. Dastardly exploitation and murder is uncovered by her heroine Milly, who burns with the injustice for so many with lives lived in the shadows. But as a member of the Women’s Movement she is prepared to do something about redressing the ills.The sense of time and place is conjured up so well, without anachronisms to jolt the reader out of the past and into the present. Rosie’s characters leap from the page and it’s altogether a wonderful beginning to a new series that will bring joy (and understanding) to so many more readers over the books to come. Bravo! Rosie Clarke
Amazon Customer –
Rosie Clarke shows what it was like for women post-WW1 with family life, work in the sweat shops and the burgeoning Women’s Movement. The conversations appear twee, but accurately reflect the formality of the 1920’s rather than modern times. This shows authenticity. The naivety and incompetence of the police are probably accurate reflections of the desperate times after the war as people adjust to normal life again. I did find the ending lacked resolution of some events but these will be somewhat resolved in the sequel.
Kindle Customer –
Really enjoyed this book. Couldnât put it down.
June –
Really good follow on book about a character from harpers emporium series. Great read