The Sewing Room Girl

Name: The Sewing Room Girl
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Susanna Bavin
ISBN: 9781407980232

Author: Susanna Bavin

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Unabridged: 13 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 04/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

Born into service, 16-year-old Juliet Harper has always idolised her mother, Agnes. But Agnes is haunted by what could have been, and the glamorous life she might have lived if she had stayed in Manchester rather than settling down in the Lancashire moorland with her husband. Life takes another unexpected turn when Juliet's father suddenly dies. Agnes's reputation as a seamstress leads to her being taken on by local landowners the Drysdales, where she is proud to work. But it will be a bumpy road for both of them as they settle in to their new lives. Will Juliet ever be able to choose her own path? And what will become of them when Agnes falls ill?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eileen

Starting in 1892, the book chronicles the life of 15 year old Juliet Harper. She faces many trials and tribulations, jealous serving girls, a Land Agent seeking 'gratitude' for favours granted and family members who turn out to not be as they were described by her mother. She drops to incredible low......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV

Clough Lancashire 1892. Juliet Harper just fifteen years old, her pop's dies and Juliet and her mother move to Moorside where her mother takes a seamstress job working for her ladyship, and Juliet takes a job working for Mrs Naseby. a friendship is formed with gardener Hal Price but could this be a......more

Goodreads review by Julie

In 1892 the position of unmarried women was often difficult, if not impossible, even if that if one was talented and skilled. Juliet is a young woman who is attractive and brought up as a skilled needlewoman with a real flair for design, but circumstances, and some people, seem anxious that she does......more