The author of the โenthrallingโ (Womanโs World) The Lost English Girl returns with a heartfelt new novel about estranged sisters who inherit their late motherโs dress shop in World War II London.
Isabelle Shelton has always found comfort in the predictable world of her motherโs dressmaking shop, Mrs. Sheltonโs Fashions, while her sister Sylvia turned her back on the family years ago to marry a wealthy doctor whom Izzie detests. When their mother dies unexpectedly, the sisters are stunned to find theyโve jointly inherited the family business. Izzie is determined to buy Sylvia out, but when sheโs conscripted into the WAAF, sheโs forced to seek Sylviaโs help to keep the shop open. Realizing this could be her one chance at reconciliation with her sister, Sylvia is determined to save Mrs. Sheltonโs Fashions from closureโand financial ruin.
Through letters, the sisters begin to confront old wounds, new loves, and the weight of family legacy in order to forge new beginnings in this lyrically moving novel perfect for fans of Genevieve Graham and Lucinda Riley.