![]() A talented embroiderer and dressmaker to the royal family, Ann’s work for Norman Hartnell, the premier dressmaker in England, offers an elegant respite from grim reality. ![]() ![]() With everything from sugar and tea to heat and light strictly rationed, Ann Hughes, Heather’s grandmother, has done her best to make her drab house happy, but it's tough going. Robson’s ( Goodnight from London, 2017) novel shifts deftly between Heather’s world, as she travels from Toronto to London in 2016, and Nan’s world, giving meticulous attention to the historical detail of post–World War II London. In her quest to discover her grandmother’s secrets, Heather will find much more than she had bargained for. Distraught over her grandmother’s death, Heather Mackenzie discovers that her beloved Nan-a woman who never sewed a stitch in her life-has left her a peculiar gift: a box of exquisitely embroidered, pearl-encrusted flowers. ![]()
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