The Secret Lives of Dresses

A woman returns to her small southern hometown to take care of her ailing grandmother and her vintage dress shop in a novel that is “a pure delight” (Claire LaZebnik, author of KNITTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE).

Dora has always taken the path of least resistance. She went to the college that offered her a scholarship, majoring in “vagueness studies,” and wears whatever shows the least dirt. She falls into a job at the college coffee shop and has a crush on her flirty boss, Gary.

But just when she...