A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff
A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff
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A House of Tailors

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff

Narrator: Blair Brown

Unabridged: 3 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2004


Synopsis

SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.

Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.

When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread—and homesick to boot.

She didn’t know she could be this homesick, but she didn’t know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn’t know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor’s shop. And she didn’t know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent—and her future.

In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina’s eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

About The Author

Patricia Reilly Giff has written more than 50 books for young readers, including the Kids of the Polk Street School series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by KatherineC_C2 on November 15, 2018

"I looked out at the city and thought about wrapping my arms around it. I was beginning to love Brooklyn, with its heat and its cold, its dust and its dirt." The book "A House of Tailors" is mainly revolved around the concept of "home." A question the protagonist asked herself was, "Where is home?" Th......more

Goodreads review by Lori on December 15, 2017

Dina, mistaken for a French spy and on the run from the Germany army, is sent to her uncle's in America for safety. It was supposed to be her sister Katharina making the journey. Dina's mother owned a sewing business which engaged her daughters as well. Dina looked forward to escaping sewing but soo......more

Goodreads review by squid on February 15, 2022

The writing is kind of clunky but a lovely historical story!......more

Goodreads review by KidsFiction on January 10, 2011

J Giff, Patricia Reilly Youth Dept - 5 stars I LOVED this book and couldn't put it down until I finished it - it grabbed my interest from the very beginning! A great story by two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff, this is a story based on the author's grandmother's journey to the U......more

Goodreads review by Linda on December 12, 2017

This is a small, but mighty young adult book that realistically portrays the belief that immigrants have of America and the streets of gold, compared to the reality of some of the hardships endured when they come to the new land. Dina's family is hard working. When her father dies, Dina uses the skil......more