In 1900, Alice is pregnant and alone, not a condition condoned by society in 1900. She travels to New Orleans where she finds work teaching sewing at an orphanage. This is where she meets Constance, a well to do widow who is in the midst of a charitable visit to the orphanage. She offers Alice a place to stay in exchange for Alice’s help creating a dress to Mardi Gras and the first all female Krewe. And while the gown comes to breathtaking life, Constance is in fear of the Black Hand, the gangsters she believes are responsible for her husband’s death, and evidently the criminals feel that Constance owes them still more. This was an enjoyable historical that takes place in one of the most storied cities in the United States and highlights the strength of the bonds that women forge

Historical fiction brings you The Seamstress of New Orleans played off in the 1900. Constance is having trouble with gang members for gambling debt her late husband had accumulated. This story follows her trying to put her life back toghter and creating a safe environment for her children.

I have a fondness for historical fiction and went in with high hopes. This book did not give me the satisfaction I would normally get from this genre. The storyline was a bit flat with no remarkable drama. I did like the characters and the dressmaking bits. I felt that this could have had a stronger storyline.

The narration was steady and good.

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