346 pages ;22 cm
Includes reading group guide.
'Call Your Daughter Home' meets 'Where the Crawdads Sing' in a new historical novel from Diane C. McPhail. Set in the jasmine-scented humidity of New Orleans during preparations for the first Mardi Gras of the 20th century, 'The Seamstress of New Orleans' weaves the fascinating real-life story of the first all-female krewe, Les Mysterieuses, into a powerful novel of female friendship and empowerment. Book Club.
1.Balls (Parties)--Fiction.2.Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans--Fiction.3.Evening gowns--Fiction.4.Gangsters--Fiction.5.Leap year--Fiction.6.Nineteen hundreds (Decade)--Fiction.7.Orphanages--Fiction.8.Secrecy--Fiction.9.Widows--Fiction.10.Women dressmakers--Fiction.Dynamic Details