Used Book – The Seamstress, María Dueñas

Sira, a passionate young Spaniard, sets up a sewing workshop in Tetouan that delights wealthy expatriates. Talented, she quickly becomes their confidante. When war breaks out, the British mistress of a high-ranking Spanish dignitary makes her an offer: to be an agent for the Allied forces. As a witness to the alliances between Nazis and Francoists, will Sira's dresses change the fate of Europe?

Born in 1964, María Dueñas holds a PhD in English Philology and is a professor at the University of Murcia. The Seamstress is her first novel, for which she received the Community of Madrid Culture Award – Literature category.

"A wonderful novel in the best tradition of the genre, with love, mystery, tenderness, and audacious characters." Mario Vargas Llosa "An extraordinary woman's destiny at a thrilling pace." L'Express Translated from Spanish by Eduardo Jiménez