The Grace Kelly Dress, Brenda Janowitz
The Grace Kelly Dress, Brenda Janowitz
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The Grace Kelly Dress
A Novel

Author: Brenda Janowitz

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life


Synopsis

“Exactly the type of book I love: charming, smart, and brimming with heart.”—EMILY GIFFIN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted

“Fast paced and entertaining from beginning to end.”—KRISTIN HANNAH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale

Two years after Grace Kelly’s royal wedding, her iconic dress is still all the rage in Paris—and one replica, and the secrets it carries, will inspire three generations of women to forge their own paths in life and in love.

Paris, 1958: Rose, a seamstress at a fashionable atelier, has been entrusted with sewing a Grace Kelly—look-alike gown for a wealthy bride-to-be. But when, against better judgment, she finds herself falling in love with the bride’s handsome brother, Rose must make an impossible choice, one that could put all she’s worked for at risk: love, security and of course, the dress.

Sixty years later, tech CEO Rachel, who goes by the childhood nickname “Rocky,” has inherited the dress for her upcoming wedding in New York City. But there’s just one problem: Rocky doesn’t want to wear it. A family heirloom dating back to the 1950s, the dress just isn’t her. Rocky knows this admission will break her mother Joan’s heart. But what she doesn’t know is why Joan insists on the dress—or the heartbreaking secret that changed her mother’s life decades before, as she herself prepared to wear it.

As the lives of these three women come together in surprising ways, the revelation of the dress’s history collides with long-buried family heartaches. And in the lead-up to Rocky’s wedding, they’ll have to confront the past before they can embrace the beautiful possibilities of the future.

Look for these other captivating novels from Brenda Janowitz:The Audrey Hepburn EstateThe Liz Taylor Ring

About Brenda Janowitz

Brenda Janowitz is the author of seven novels, including The Grace Kelly Dress. She is the former books correspondent for PopSugar, and her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Real Simple, the Washington Post, and the New York Post, among others. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Hofstra School of Law and lives in New York with her husband and two sons. Find her on Instagram, @brendajanowitzwriter, and on Twitter, @brendajanowitz.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on December 14, 2019

3.5 stars Maybe other readers will disagree but I was hoping for a little more heart to the story. I did enjoy the book especially the seamstress parts of the story, but emotionally it fell kinda flat. I feel like this had the potential to be a teary-eyed type of story but I didn't quite get there. R......more

Goodreads review by Tina on August 29, 2020

A delightfully charming book steeped in tradition! The perfect book for these trying times. I listened to this as an Audio. The narrator was fantastic and the story writing beautiful. It is a story with three time lines. The Bride, The mother of the Bride as a Bride, and The Seamstress. The story of a......more

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on March 13, 2020

A sweet, sentimental, multi generational tale. Brenda Janowitz’s storytelling completely swept me up in this enchanting story. Three generations of women connected buy this stunning wedding gown. Rose a Paris seamstress in the late 1950s, Joan a young proper college student in 1982, and her daughte......more

Goodreads review by Suzy on April 08, 2020

4 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Grace Kelly Dress is a charming, multi-generational winner that I just loved! The story focuses around three generations of women who are all tied together by a dress that was inspired by Grace Kelly’s wedding gown. Rose, Joan and Rocky - all brides in different eras - each have......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on September 11, 2019

Janowitz writes a novel told by three different women in three different periods of history. That is not easy to do, but she masterfully keeps the story moving by making the chapters short and the pacing spot on. The story revolves around a bridal gown that three different women wore and passed down......more