Publication date: March 3 2020
Pages: 336
Paris, 1958; Rose is a young lady from a simple background who works as a seamstress at the famous wedding gown atelier of Madame Laurent.
When Madame Laurent suddenly passes away, the manager of the atelier, Julien, asks Rose to take over Madame Laurent's role as head of design, because Madame Laurent was fond of the design and work by Rose. But they have to keep the fact that Madame Laurent passed away silent, so they come up with the idea that she is on a long business travel to do up new inspiration. Just at that time, a wealthy client named Diana orders a Grace Kelly lookalike wedding dress designed by Rose, which is a real succes. But then Rose and the brother of the bride secretly fall in love, which puts her whole live at risk..
Sixty years later, Rocky has inherited the dress for her upcoming wedding in New York City. But there's just one problem: Rocky doesn't want to wear it. A family heirloom dating back to the 1950s, the dress just isn't her. Rocky knows this admission will break her mother Joan's heart. But what she doesn't know is why Joan insists on the dress—or the heartbreaking secret that changed her mother's life decades before, as she herself prepared to wear it.
The Grace Kelly Dress is a beautiful story. It is written from three different POV's; Rose, Rocky and Joanie, Rocky's mother in her younger years. From this three POV's Rose's where the most captivating and entertaining, because there was so much going on in her life At first it was a bit difficult to see the connection between the three of them, that was the only little missing thing in the book, that it would be even more entertaining if there where more links between the three ladies. I really liked though how in the end everything came together and how it was wrapped up. So overall this is a book that I truly recommend reading, it is a perfect mix of historic and contemporary fiction!!
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