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Lies,

betrayal,

deceit,

family secrets

and……..

MURDER

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It’s not all silk and velvet in the world of 1950’s fashion. Just ask Clara Parris – a young, ambitious woman determined to become a fashion designer at a time when Mebourne’s rag trade is booming. But there’s a problem. A big problem. Clara’s discerning mother, Josephine, disapproves and will stop at nothing to prevent her daughter from fulfilling a life long passion.

To add to her woes, Clara’s vindictive former boyfriend, Al Mitchell, seems to know everything about her, and when she meets the charismatic Tristan Everard-Frederick, Al shows his true colours. Then as Clara’s design career starts to take shape, her closest friend Lilly stumbles on an old journal in a second-hand book store that takes them into dangerous unchartered waters. In a race against time, Clara and Lilly must save a young woman and her baby, and Clara’s chances of creating a garment worthy of winning the prestigious Gown of the Year are crushed when she learns the truth behind her past.

The Accidental Couturière is a story of

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Meet Clara

Clara is a 19-year-old single woman who, during the day, attends business college, while in the evenings and on weekends, she devotes most of her time to sketching gowns and learning to be a seamstress at Chapter House, Couture Fashion.

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CLARA PARRIS	junior seamstress of Chapter House
HUGH PARRIS	her father
JOSEPHINE PARRIS	her mother
KATRIANA PARRIS	her grandmother
FEODOR BOBOWSKI	owner of Chapter House
MAJI BOBOWSKI	his wife
OSKAR BOBOWSKI	his son
PEARL KING	senior seamstress of Chapter House
TRISTAN EVERARD-FREDERICK	a salesman at George’s Department Store
LILLY EASTON	a student friend of Clara’s
VERONICA STANFORD	a bookshop owner
BERNICE MACY	a matron
RUBY NICHOLLS	a nurse
DOREEN MITCHELL	owner of Pretty Darlings
JOHN MITCHELL	her husband
ANNIE MITCHELL	her daughter
DAN MITCHELL	her son
SHARON LOWRIE	Dan Mitchell’s fiancé
VIRGINIA ATHERTON	a Hollywood actress
JEROME	her dressdesigner
*****	a fabric manufacturer
ALEKSANDER	his son
ANTHONY DeGROOTE***	a delivery man

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