Seamstress

Maria Duenass million copy best-selling tale of adventure tragedy love and war The Seamstress". Spain 1936 and the brink of civil war. Young poor Sara Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned left penniless and in debt to the authorities she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing. Taken under the wing of the bullish but caring housekeeper Candelaria Sara is able to sew for the glamorous foreign English and German women in Tetouan. Privy to their unbridled gossip Sara becomes invaluable to the British secret service a position that is filled with untold risk. A story of danger espionage romance and war "The Seamstress" is a WWII tale like
no other. "Maria Duenas is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to be transported". "Kate Morton author of "The House at Riverton"). "A wonderful novel with intrigue love mystery and tender audacious and clean-cut characters". (Mario Vargas Llosa). "A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue". (Juan Gomez-Jurado author of "The Moses Expedition"). Maria Duenas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American universities is the author of several academic articles and has participated in various educational cultural and editorial projects. She is currently writing her second novel. See Judys Review See Richards Review
Download A Sample Chapter Of The Seamstress Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for The Seamstress Judys Review Siras affair with Ramiro heady and exciting at first swiftly turns into the first great catastrophe of her life. Her lover is a fraud; a con man whose honeyed words and sweet caresses conceal an empty selfish heart. Ramiro persuades Sira to abandon her life in Madrid and the couple run away together to Morocco where they set up in a luxurious hotel. Sira has inherited a large sum of money from her distant father and we know from that moment her doom is sealed. Ramiro pretends to keep her inheritance safe for her and promises wonderful investments to make her even richer. Of course he abandons her at the first opportunity without a peseta to her name. He
also leaves her with a huge unpaid hotel bill and Sira has no choice but to flee. She is an innocent abroad and is quickly picked up by the police. Betrayed and penniless a second catastrophe overtakes Sira. Civil war has erupted back in Spain and she cannot return home. Stuck in north Africa she must use her skills as a seamstress to eke out a living. It is a terrific start to a wonderful book. Maria Duenas goes on to take us and Sira back to a Spain now tearing itself apart before it succumbs to "