The Winter Dress by Lauren Chater Book Launch
Fri, 08 Apr
|Better Read Than Dead
Join Lauren Chater in conversation with James Bradley for the launch of her captivating new novel, The Winter Dress.
Time & Location
08 Apr 2022, 6:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
Join Lauren Chater and James Bradley for the launch of her captivating new novel, The Winter Dress!
About the Book
Jo Baaker, a textiles historian and Dutch ex-pat is drawn back to the island where she was born to investigate the provenance of a 17th century silk dress. Retrieved by local divers from a sunken shipwreck, the dress offers tantalising clues about the way people lived and died during Holland's famous Golden Age. Jo's research leads her to Anna Tesseltje, a poor Amsterdam laundress turned ladies’ companion who served the enigmatic artist Catharina van Shurman. The two women were said to share a powerful bond, so why did Anna abandon Catharina at the height of her misfortune? Jo is convinced the truth lies hidden between the folds of this extraordinary dress. But as she delves deeper into Anna’s history, troubling details about her own past begin to emerge. On the…
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