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  The Women in Black

 
The Women in Black
Author:    Madeleine St.John
ISBN:    9781921520204
ISBN-10:    1921520205
Publisher:    Text Publishing Co
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    280
Language:    English
RRP: $29.95
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Book Description:
Sydney in the 1950s. On the second floor of the famous F.G. Goode department store, in Ladies' Cocktail Frocks, the women in black are girding themselves for the Christmas rush. Among the staff - Patty Williams with her wayward husband Frank, the sweet but unlucky Fay, faithful Mrs Jacob of the measuring tape - is Lisa, the new sales assistant (temporary), who is waiting for the results of her Leaving Certificate. Across the floor and beyond the arch, Lisa will meet the glamorous Continental refugee, Magda, guardian of the rose-pink cave of model gowns. With the lightest touch and the most tender of comic instincts, Madeleine St John conjures a vanished summer of innocence.


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Review by Andrea 
Spanning one hot summer in Sydney during the late fifties, The Women in Black is comedy of manners set in the 'Ladies Frocks' section of Goode's Department Store. I loved this novel for St John's creation of four complex and tremendously funny women, each of whom is quietly navigating a personal crisis and for the way she evokes life in Sydney in the fifties – so rich and detailed are her descriptions that Sydney emerges like a fifth character. A complete pleasure to read!

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