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The dressmaker by kate alcott shines a whole new lighkt on the sinking of the titanic. Kate alcott writes about some of the real people who were aboard the titanic, bringing together fact and fiction. When disaster strikes, tess is one of the last people allowed. The dressmaker the free library of philadelphia overdrive. The dressmaker orange county library system overdrive. Kate alcott is the pseudonym for journalist patricia obrien, who has written several books, both fiction and nonfiction.
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