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Before Chanel there was Lucile. She was one of the world's most
glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian
age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born as just
plain Lucy Sutherland and grew up in a stone farmhouse in Ontario,
Canada. How she went from a backwoods farm to presiding over an
international fashion empire is a remarkable story of unshakeable
determination and female achievement at a time when it was thought
that a woman's place was in the home. Unsinkable Lucile is a
lavishly illustrated story of Lucile's lively childhood, her rise
to the top of the fashion world and her survival of the Titanic
disaster and its aftermath, during which she was unjustly vilified.
Time and time again, she proved that nothing could sink her spirits
or stop her drive to innovate and create. Among Lucile's many
innovations were the first fashion shows, the first fashion models
and the Edwardian craze for oversized hats. She also helped free
women from the corset and coined the word "chic." Lucile was also a
fashion adviser to millions and the creator of clothes seen in over
115 movies. Replete with historical photographs and beautiful
painting by award-winning illustrator Laurie McGaw, Unsinkable
Lucile is a humorous, touching and empowering tale of a woman who
beat the odds, never backed down and changed the world of fashion
forever.
While How to Build the Grandma Connection provides practical
information, Susan Bosak's bestseller Something to Remember Me By
is in many ways a companion book that offers inspiration. With
richly-detailed watercolor art by Laurie McGaw, this 32-page
picture book about love and legacies across generations has won six
national awards and sold over 150,000 copies. It tells the moving
tale of the special relationship between a grandmother and
granddaughter over the years. The book has touched the hearts of
young and old across the country and is a bestselling gift book for
children, mothers, and grandmothers.
This book is for children aged 4-8 years. Eight-year-old Mark is
scared of a photograph of his great-great-grandfather Avram, which
hangs, stern and unsmiling, in the hall outside his bedroom. When
the family gathers for Rosh Hashanah, Mark learns that his
forbidding ancestor was in fact a kind and patient man, a happy
tailor who wove wonderful stories for his grandchildren and
delighted in leading them in joyous celebrations of the holidays.
Along with a charming portrait of a traditional Rosh Hashanah
celebration among loving family members, the book even includes a
recipe for honey cake on the last page.
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