![]() It is a first novel to be proud of, and definitely one to savour and enjoy.” Diana Simmonds, The Weekend Australian“A writer with strong visual gifts and a pleasingly sour sense of humour. It’s no wonder The Dressmaker, a tale of small-town couture and revenge, is being adapted for. Blessed with an astringently unsentimental tone and a talent for creating memorably eccentric characters, Ham also possesses a confidently brisk and mischievous sense of plot. ![]() ![]() Ham writes delightfully rich set pieces and descriptive passages…Ham’s eye for the absurd, the comical and the poignant are highly tuned. Historical Novel Society Review Rosalie Ham is a true original. Instead, she stays, colliding with her past and exacting revenge upon the people who pilloried her.When she does depart, she leaves behind a town ruined, and another past to flee. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving will star in the screen adaptation, expected in cinemas in 2015. "Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker was one of those rare first novels that arrived virtually unannounced…and gathered momentum largely by word of mouth to become a bestseller and book club favourite. ![]() ![]() Sometime in the 1950s, Tilly Dunnage, a Paris couturier, returns to her home town of Dungatar having been expelled as a ten year old. Her intention is to visit her mad mother Molly then leave. ![]()
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