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Loading... The dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prisonby Meredith Jaffe
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Full of just about every plot cliche imaginable combined with an often romatic (and occasionally realistic) view of prison life. Either Jaffe or I doesn't have a good understanding of relationships between men. I have no inclination to read more of Jaffe's work after this. Also, the audiobook reader wasn't that great, in my opinion. She had a wrong emphasis or pause a number of times, and her voicing of Doc didn't seem to fit with his characterization....but I guess Ms Jaffe approved this so maybe I'm wrong on the latter. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Derek's daughter Debbie is getting married. He's desperate to be there, but he's banged up in Yarrandarrah Correctional Centre for embezzling funds from the golf club, and, thanks to his ex-wife, Lorraine, he hasn't spoken to Debbie in years. He wants to make a grand gesture, to show her how much he loves her. But what? Inspiration strikes while he's embroidering a cushion at his weekly prison sewing circle, he'll make her a wedding dress. His fellow stitchers rally around and soon this motley gang of crims is immersed in a joyous whirl of silks, satins and covered buttons. But as time runs out and tensions rise both inside and outside the prison, the wedding dress project takes on greater significance. With lives at stake, Derek feels his chance to reconcile with Debbie is slipping through his fingers. No library descriptions found. |
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