Dressmaker. Beryl Bainbridge

The Dressmaker: A Novel | Beryl Bainbridge

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Well that got dark! This was so my cup of tea. Spare prose, realistic, unsettling. Loved it. My first Bainbridge, but hopefully not my last. Now I might need to try the 1988 film adaptation.

Centique I loved the movie and didnt realise it was a novel. 🙌 Thanks for putting this on my radar. 2y

LeahBergen Yes! I did NOT see that coming. 😆 2y

Cathythoughts I‘m still not sure if I read it. But stacking 🥰 2y

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jlhammar

The Dressmaker: A Novel | Beryl Bainbridge

Monday #bookmail. Loved Ackerman‘s The Genius of Birds so can‘t wait to learn more about owls. And I had to order tagged after the recent rave reviews from @LeahBergen and @Tamra - sounds so good!

Aimeesue Bain ridge is EXCELLENT. So casually dark. Just, you know, evil in an offhand way. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y

LeahBergen I hope you like it, too! 🤞 2y

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Tamra

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This is a one sitting kind of read. Compulsive with its immediately dark undertone, you know something isn‘t quite right with the members of this family. 😟

Ruthiella I‘ve never read any Bainbridge but have long wanted too. 2y

BarbaraBB Feeling the same @Ruthiella! @LeahBergen had been recommending her too. 2y

Crazeedi Adding this new to me author 2y

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SayersLover Love the orange theme! @Tamra 2y

LeahBergen It‘s good, isn‘t it? And hard to review without revealing too much! 2y

Tamra @Ruthiella @BarbaraBB @Crazeedi this is first for me too and her writing is fabulous! Leaves a distinct impression and with much to think about afterwards. My favorite kind of book. Thanks for posting about it @LeahBergen 😘 2y

Tamra @SayersLover it‘s summer fun! 😊 2y

Tamra @LeahBergen yes & yes! I can‘t really say anything about the dysfunction of any of the specific characters …… all of it is gradually revealed. 😬 2y

Jeg I love her books and I have them all. Might be the time for some rereads. 2y

Tamra @Jeg lucky you! 2y

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LeahBergen

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In 1944 Liverpool, a sheltered young girl being raised by two middle-aged aunts starts to date an ‘inappropriate‘ American GI.

As one of the blurbs states: “Like the better Hitchcock films Miss Bainbridge suggests a claustrophobic horror all the more poignant for the brilliantly etched domestic setting…”

Don‘t read the Litsy blurb as it‘s best to go in blind here. This one is grim and shockingly good. 😬

Lcsmcat I‘ve liked every Bainbridge I‘ve read. I‘ll have to add this to my list. 2y

AlaMich The woman on the cover is terrifying! 2y

Tamra Ohhh, I guess I won‘t read the blurb! 2y

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LeahBergen @Lcsmcat It was really good! I have Harriet Said waiting on my shelves, too. 2y

LeahBergen @AlaMich Right?? A more modern cover that I saw has a super attractive, WW2 couple on the cover and this is DEFINITELY not that sort of read. 2y

LeahBergen @Tamra It‘s just a small, 150 page novel so the blurb gives away big plot points from the last 20 pages. Eek! 2y

Cathythoughts Stacking immediately 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁 2y

BarbaraBB Great review. I have always wanted to read more Bainbridge! 2y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts 😆😆 I think you‘ll like it! 2y

LeahBergen @BarbaraBB She‘s so good! 2y

Lcsmcat @LeahBergen Harriet Said was my first Bainbridge - it‘s excellent! 2y

jlhammar Oooh, sounds fantastic! 2y

LeahBergen @Lcsmcat Good to hear! 👏 2y

LeahBergen @jlhammar It was! 2y

Aimeesue Ooh, this was a good one! I love Bainbridge - she‘s so dark underneath all the staid upholstery and proper dresses. 2y

Suet624 Gulp. 2y

batsy Hi, Leah! Missed you lately. Hope you're well ❤️ 2y

LeahBergen @batsy Thanks for checking in! I‘m camping around parts of Canada right now with my husband (and Johnny 😆) and I‘ve been super busy. I‘ll have to do a post soon as I found a few more green Viragos in my travels. 😉 2y

batsy @LeahBergen Oh, that's great! Have a fantastic time. Can't wait to see the haul 🤩 2y

BarbaraBB Just thinking of you. Glad to hear you‘re busy doing fun things. Enjoy 🩷 2y

LeahBergen Thanks, @batsy ! 😘 2y

LeahBergen @BarbaraBB Thanks for checking in! ❤️ 2y

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jillrhudy

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Spare and tight. Horror, but in retrospect. The stunner of an ending changes your whole outlook on the characters. A wonderful depiction of a 17-year-old girl trying to create a great romance out of nothing but an oafish young man. #england #wwii #psychological #rationing #racism #minimalist #anglophilesoflitsy

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Aimeesue

The Dressmaker: A Novel | Beryl Bainbridge

#Anglophilesoflitsy #groupread

rubyslippersreads ❤️ that hashtag! 7y

Aimeesue @rubyslippersreads That‘s @jillrhudy ‘s tag. We come from a colony of Anglophiles on Good Reads, where we have read many, many , many books together. We‘re spreading out. 😄 7y

LeahBergen That hashtag is the best! 😍 7y

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