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The Dress

By: Kate Kerrigan
Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
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About this listen

Lily Fitzpatrick loves vintage clothes. But this passion for beautiful clothes is about to have unforeseen consequences when Lily stumbles upon the story of a 1950s New York beauty who shares Lily's surname. Joy Fitzpatrick was a legend.

But what was the famous dress which she once commissioned? What happened to it - and why did Joy suddenly disappear from New York high society?

©2015 Kate Kerrigan (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction New York

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Critic reviews

"Mesmerising. Just beautiful." (Cecelia Ahern)
"Glamorous, gripping and moving. I just loved it." (Marian Keyes)
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Enjoyed the story and narration. Loved the merging of the two stories and how they come together. Well worth a listen.

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I SO wanted to give this 5 stars because it started out as a good story. It would have been nice if more than one of the main characters hadn’t ended up having a miserable life

Started well

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I must have read a little about the book before choosing it and I'm pleased I did as I enjoy a double story - one in the present and one alongside in the fifties. It was sad in parts but delightful in others. Not a deep story but very enjoyable to listen to whilst preparing meals!
I'll probably choose more by the same author in the future.

Dress

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I adored the story, couldn’t stop listening, laughed & cried with the characters, but the book unfortunately was ruined for me by the narrators dreadful Oirish accent!!! ..Just stop...... Either get a native Irish narrator or stick to your own accent please!!

The Dress

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Had such high hopes but the story was weak & the Irish accent was TERRIBLE! It ruined the whole story, & might have been forgiven only for the accent!

Disappointed

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