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    The Dress in the Window

    by Buffy Ford

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    • ISBN-13: 9780062499721
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication date: 07/25/2017
    • Pages: 384
    • Sales rank: 274,990
    • Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

    Sofia Grant has the heart of a homemaker, the curiosity of a cat, and the keen eye of a scout. She works from an urban aerie in Oakland, California.

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    A perfect debut novel is like a perfect dress—it’s a “must have” and when you “try it on” it fits perfectly. In this richly patterned story of sisterhood, ambition, and reinvention Sofia Grant has created a story just right for fans of Vintage and The Dress Shop of Dreams.

    World War II has ended and American women are shedding their old clothes for the gorgeous new styles. Voluminous layers of taffeta and tulle, wasp waists, and beautiful color—all so welcome after years of sensible styles and strict rationing.  

    Jeanne Brink and her sister Peggy both had to weather every tragedy the war had to offer—Peggy now a widowed mother, Jeanne without the fiancé she’d counted on, both living with Peggy’s mother-in-law in a grim mill town.  But despite their grey pasts they long for a bright future—Jeanne by creating stunning dresses for her clients with the help of her sister Peggy’s brilliant sketches.

    Together, they combine forces to create amazing fashions and a more prosperous life than they’d ever dreamed of before the war. But sisterly love can sometimes turn into sibling jealousy. Always playing second fiddle to her sister, Peggy yearns to make her own mark. But as they soon discover, the future is never without its surprises, ones that have the potential to make—or break—their dreams.

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    Juliet Blackwell
    Sofia Grant’s evocative prose sparkles with intensity and brings to life a bygone era of American vintage fashion -- before it was considered ‘vintage.’ [...] A remarkable story of sewing, sisterhood, reinvention, and redemption, as only Grant can tell it.
    Rachael Herron
    In The Dress in the Window, Sofia Grant writes about sisters and mothers with a hand as deft as the needles her characters wield. This gorgeous novel transports and transforms, leaving the reader reluctant to step away from its pages.
    Library Journal
    07/01/2017
    For Peggy, a war widow and young mother, life is rather grim in the post-World War II former mill town outside of Philadelphia. Her sister Jeanne's fiancé was killed in battle, and their mother, Thelma, has brought both daughters back into her home. Fortunately, Peggy has a great eye for fashion, while talented seamstress Jeanne conjures up nearly any dress Peggy illustrates. With their combined artistry, the sisters bring in a few extra dollars, but when the more ambitious Peggy positively responds to an encouraging offer, their lives veer in different directions. Then Peggy, displaying questionable judgment, allows herself to be drawn into illegal activities. This novel by Grant, who also writes as Sophie Littlefield (Garden of Stones; A Bad Day for Sorry) is a bit all over the place; its first half offers a lovely look at the bond between sisters as they struggle to get by in tough times, while the second takes on an entirely different feel as suspense and intrigue propel the story line into warp speed. VERDICT Readers who enjoy plots offering strong family relationships, artistic creativity, and enterprising business schemes will relish this portrait of mid-century America, despite a few historical inaccuracies (the mention of refrigerator ice makers and shopping malls, both of which didn't develop until after 1953).—Andrea Tarr, Corona P.L., CA
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