The Perfect Dress is a thirty year saga of an orphaned girl growing up in Chicago, San Francisco and Hawaii. The main character, Mary Leigh Worth, is a bridal designer wannabe possessing fantastic skills in the field of design and creation but sabotages her career for a drop-dead gorgeous Egyptian-American airline pilot whom she cannot have due to a pre-arranged marriage he must fulfill. This news annihilates her and thus a downward spiral of destruction and despair emerge with plenty of incorrect life choices and colorful nightlife leading to rehabilitation and two unnecessary marriages, a bout with the FBI and murder. Set to the music of the 60's,70's and 80's, it is a book geared toward the female baby boomer or anyone that appreciates the oldies' music of the times.
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The author, a baby boomer was born and raised in Chicago, attending universities in Illinois, and California. Her graduate work is in the behavioral sciences. Years later, a passion for design led to another degree in the subject. She has been published in Vero Beach Magazine, the Palm Beach Post and the Fort Pierce Tribune. One of her key creations, The Barkery, K-9 Caf¿, was featured on national television. She has spoken on the subject of color in design and authored a design column. Now she travels extensively by motor home with her psychiatrist husband and two dogs, planning on a final career as a writer. They are home based in Florida
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This is one of those books that was difficult to put down, wondering what new adventure or jam our heroine would find herself. I could really relate to some of the main character's capers, as I was a young woman at about the same time as she. I recommend this book to friends.
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Baby Boomers, Tennis Players & Fashion Buffs Must Read This Suspense Love Story,
By Maura Moynihan "Maura" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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Mary Jane Cole has written one of those books that you just want to read more. The characters are intriguing and the protagonist is so real that I became immersed in her life. Chapter by chapter the story develops with drama, travel, creativity, addiction, tennis, romance, betrayal and suspense. Baby boomers can reminisce to the time period of their earlier adult lives while reading The Perfect Dress. It's an awesome fast paced read!
Maura Moynihan Author of Murphy Bear's Tennis Lesson & USPTA Tennis Pro
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Multi-topical Story,
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Mary Jane Cole covered so many sensitive topics within this story: cultural adversity, addiction, grief, compulsive behaviors, trans-gendering. However, it is ultimately a poignant love story with a twist of mystery that rounds out this multi-topical fictional piece.
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My hands stung right down to their little fingertips when I was told my parents died in an auto accident on their way home from the grocery store. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Hazel, Mary Leigh, Uncle Joe, San Francisco, Middle East, United States, Hunt Club, Agent Johnson, Miss Worth, Michigan Avenue, New York, Nob Hill, Los Angeles, Rick Swan, Social Security, Bobby Lee, Halib Mohammed, Marshall Field, Santa Barbara, Thank God, Ann Arbor, Art Institute, Fairmont Hotel, Halib Samir Yosiff Mohammed, Meet Me At Midnight New!
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My hands stung right down to their little fingertips when I was told my parents died in an auto accident on their way home from the grocery store. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Hazel, Mary Leigh, Uncle Joe, San Francisco, Middle East, United States, Hunt Club, Agent Johnson, Miss Worth, Michigan Avenue, New York, Nob Hill, Los Angeles, Rick Swan, Social Security, Bobby Lee, Halib Mohammed, Marshall Field, Santa Barbara, Thank God, Ann Arbor, Art Institute, Fairmont Hotel, Halib Samir Yosiff Mohammed, Meet Me At Midnight New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Sunny Days (Holly Hobbie & Friends) by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb on page 125
- Elvis Presley (Great Lives) by Vanora Leigh on page 162
- In the Park:Big Board Book (Big Board Books) by Rod Campbell in Back Matter
- Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 196
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