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The wardrobe department / Elaine Garvey.
Van Pelt Library PR6107.A778 W37 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garvey, Elaine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young women--England--London--Fiction.
- Young women.
- Women dressmakers--England--London--Fiction.
- Women dressmakers.
- Theater--Fiction.
- Theater.
- Homesickness--Fiction.
- Homesickness.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
- Ambition--Fiction.
- Ambition.
- London (England)--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Donegal (Ireland)--Fiction.
- Donegal (Ireland).
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 227 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Mairad works all hours in a run-down West End theatre's wardrobe department, her whole existence made up of threads and needles, running errands to mend shoes, fixing broken zips and handwashing underwear. She must also do her best to avoid groping hands backstage and the terrible bullying of the show's producer. But, despite her skill and growing experience, half of Mairad remains in her windy, hedge-filled home in Ireland, and the life she abandoned there. In noughties London, she has the potential to be somebody completely new - why, then, does she feel so stuck? Between the bustling side streets of Soho, and the wet grass of Leitrim and Donegal, Mairad is caught, running from the girl she was but unable to reveal the woman she'd hoped to become."--Publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781805302360
- 1805302361
- OCLC:
- 1489467056
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000171674
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