The Seamstress

Author(s): María Dueñas

Location(s): Madrid, Morocco, Tétouan (Tetouan)

Genre(s): Historical, Romance

Era(s): Mid 20th Century WW2

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Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.

Young, poor Sira Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco, her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned, left penniless and in debt to the authorities, she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing.

Taken under the wing of the bullish but caring housekeeper Candelaria, Sira is able to sew for the glamorous foreign English and German women in Tetouan. Privy to their unbridled gossip, Sira becomes invaluable to the British secret service, a position that is filled with untold risk.

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A sweeping romance that takes you both to Spain and to Morocco, filled with detail, an enjoyable read – Melly D –

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A book of two halves

Author: Isabella Orff

If this book had been written in two parts, in my opinion it would have been a better read. The first half, having been entirely given over to the woman’s art of dressmaking would have made an interesting story...