FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | THE WINTER DRESS by Lauren Chater

Join The Friends for another lively First Friday Book Club.

A textile historian living in Sydney travels to the small Dutch island of Texel to research a 17th century silk dress which has been discovered in a shipwreck from Holland’s famous Golden Age. The novel blends a dual timeline, that of Anna Tesseltje in 1651 when she becomes a lady’s companion to the artist Catharina van Shurman and that of 21st century researcher, Dr Jo Baaker, both of whom have experienced similar life challenges.

The author LAUREN CHATER took her inspiration from a collection of 17th century artefacts which were discovered off the coast of a small Netherland’s Island in 2014, amongst which was a well-preserved silk dress.

Lauren CHATER, THE WINTER DRESS, 2022

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