the dressmaker

Maybe it is the mystery surrounding the Sinking of the Titanic, maybe it is the struggle between classes or the adventure of starting fresh. Or maybe it is fact that an amazing story will always draws you in and makes you want more. Whatever the reason, I hated putting this book down... So I read it in basically two sittings. (stoping to sleep in between)

The great tragedy of the Titanic may have happened 100 years ago in history, but Kate Alcott took me back to that time with such skill. The magnificence of the boat has never been lost on anyone, and the loss the of the rich and poor alike makes it so much more then a disaster.

The Dressmaker is a captivating story that bounces between perspectives helping to round out events, yet there is still so much mystery as to what actually happened. I was Tess as she took up the oar with Mrs. Brown. I felt for Jim as he stood up for what was right. As the story unfolded in Pinky Wade's eye's it did before mine as well. I felt the hatred for the Duff Gorden's no matter what the perspective I was reading.

There was friendship, loss, hatred, and above all fear and guilt. The fear of coming so close to death and the guilt for surviving. In the end, just as Miss. Stacy, from Anne of Green Gables, says "the truth will set you free".