The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle - A heartwarming nostalgic World War Two novel inspired by real events

<p><b>'Atmospheric, wise and warm . . . comforting and unputdownable . . . an enchanting hug of a novel' Cathy Kelly on <i>The Kitchen Front</i><br><br>To have. To hold. To sew.</b><br><br>After fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both everything she owns in the Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago.<br><br>Cressida is at a loss as to how to rebuild her business from a small country village. The answer comes from an unlikely source: the local sewing circle. With clothes rationed, wartime brides are left with no choice but to 'make do and mend' and after helping local vicar&rsquo;s daughter, Grace Carlisle, repair her mother&rsquo;s dress, Cressida finds herself inundated with similar requests.<br><br>Before long, the sewing circle find themselves mending wedding dresses for brides across the country. And as the women dedicate themselves to he