{"product_id":"the-gown-a-novel-of-the-royal-wedding","title":"The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding","description":"One of the most anticipated reads from InStyle  HelloGiggles  Hypable  Bookbub  and Bookriot! One of Real Simples Best Historical Fiction novels of the year!  The Gown is marvelous and moving  a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war.--Kate Quinn  New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth centuryQueen Elizabeths wedding gownand the fascinating women who made it.  Millions will welcome this joyous event as a flash of color on the long road we have to travel. Sir Winston Churchill on the news of Princess Elizabeths forthcoming wedding  London  1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory  burdened by onerous shortages and rationing  the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nations recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin  embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship  but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeths wedding gown.  Toronto  2016: More than half a century later  Heather Mackenzie seeks to unravel the mystery of a set of embroidered flowers  a legacy from her late grandmother. How did her beloved Nan  a woman who never spoke of her old life in Britain  come to possess the priceless embroideries that so closely resemble the motifs on the stunning gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding almost seventy years before? And what was her Nans connection to the celebrated textile artist and holocaust survivor Miriam Dassin?  With The Gown  Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. Balancing behind-the-scenes details with a sweeping portrait of a society left reeling by the calamitous costs of victory  she introduces readers to three unforgettable heroines  their points of view alternating and intersecting throughout its pages  whose lives are woven together by the pain of survival  the bonds of friendship  and the redemptive power of love.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886646882357,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062884271","price":28.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0062884271.jpg?v=1766919634","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gown-a-novel-of-the-royal-wedding","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}