03311cam a2200481 i 4500 1145978333 TxAuBib 20240215120000.0 230901t20242023||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023040854 9798885796651 large print (OCoLC)1396561404 TxAuBib rda Salazar, Noelle, author. The roaring days of Zora Lily / Noelle Salazar. Large print edition. Farmington Hills : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, 2024. ©2023. 637 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print historical fiction Thorndike Press large print historical fiction "The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress in this glittering novel of family, love, ambition, and self discovery by the USA Today bestselling author of The Flight Girls. 2023, The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History: A costume conservator is preparing an exhibition featuring movie costumes from the 1920s to present day. As she gingerly places a gown once worn by Greta Garbo on a mannequin, she discovers another name hidden beneath the designer's label, leaving her to wonder - who is Zora Lily? 1924, Seattle: Poverty-stricken Zora Hough spends her days looking after her younger siblings while sewing up holes and fixing hems for clients to bring in extra money, working her fingers to the bone just to survive. But at night, as she lies in the bed she shares with one of her three sisters, she secretly dreams of becoming a designer like Coco Chanel and Jeanne Lanvin. When her best friend gets a job dancing in a club downtown, Zora is lured in by her stories of music, glittering dresses and boys. She follows her friend to the underground speakeasies that are at once exciting and frightening - with smoke hanging in the air, alcohol flowing despite Prohibition, couples dancing in a way that makes Zora blush and a handsome businessman named Harley. It's a world she has only ever imagined, and one with connections that could lead her to the life she's always dreamed of. But as Zora's ambition is challenged by tragedy and duty to her family, she'll learn that dreams come with a cost"-- Provided by publisher. 20240215. Smithsonian Institution Fiction. Fashion design Exhibitions Fiction. Costume Conservation and restoration Fiction. Women dressmakers Fiction. Women tailors Fiction. Costume design Fiction. Motion picture industry Fiction. Dance halls Fiction. Bars (Drinking establishments) Fiction. Ambition Fiction. Seattle (Wash) History 20th century Fiction. Large print books. Novels. fast Thorndike Press large print historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print historical fiction. TXBRI