She is currently writing her second novel. She has also taught at American universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has participated in various educational, cultural and editorial projects. Read this book and prepare to be transported’ Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton ‘A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and clean-cut characters’ Mario Vargas Llosa ‘A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue’ Juan Gomez-Jurado, author of The Moses Expedition Maria Duenas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. Initially published as The Time in Between in 2011, The Seamstress follows Sira Quiroga from poverty-stricken childhood, through to the war time Special. She is drawn into the shadowy world of espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal. With Europe rumbling towards war, Sira is lured back to Franco’s Nazis-friendly Spain. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill – and sews beautiful clothes for the expat elite and their German friends. But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker.Īs she masters the seamstress’s art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out – until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover.
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