The Secret Lives of Dresses (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780446555722)

When her grandmother has a stroke, Dora returns to the small town where she grew up to take over her family's vintage clothing store -- and meets a handsome contractor. Is he interested in Dora? Or is he working from a different blueprint?
Dora has always taken the path of least resistance. She went to the college that offered her a scholarship, majoring in "vagueness studies," and wears whatever shows the least dirt. She falls into a job at the college coffee shop and has a crush on her flirty boss, Gary.

But just when she's about to test Gary's feelings, Mimi, the grandmother who raised her, suffers a stroke. Dora rushes back to Forsyth, NC, and finds herself running her grandmother's vintage clothing store while her grandmother recovers -- andmeets Mimi's adorable contractor, Conrad.
The store has always been a fixture in Dora's life; though she grew up more of a jeans-and-sweatshirt kind of girl, before she even knew how to write, Mimi taught her that a vintage 1920s dress could lift a woman's spirit. But why has Mimi started writing down -- and giving away -- stories of the dresses in her shop?

Amidst personal and professional turmoil, can Dora can trade her boring clothes for vintage glamour and her boring life for one she actually wants?

Author: Erin McKean
ISBN-10: 044655572X
ISBN-13: 9780446555722
Publisher: 5 Spot
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2011
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.21w x 0.83d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/08/2010
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2010
Library Journal 01/01/2011 pg. 85
Romantic Times 02/01/2011 pg. 43 - Very Good
Library Journal 09/15/2012 pg. 95