My Word
« Back to listings Women in the Victorian had a wide variety of occupations. These included lodging house keepers, tea sellers, dressmakers, milliners, toy dealers, grocers, fishmongers and china dealers, to name but a few. In Lavinia, Sophy is a milliner—a highly skilled trade, with an apprenticeship of many years’ duration. In addition to superb mechanical skills, a successful milliner had to have an unerring eye for colour, decoration, and the ability to match a hat with a face.
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"With equal measures of humour and heart, Marilyn Temmer skilfully writes a world from a bygone era. Her characters spring from the page and make us long for a simpler time when dancing meant a waltz." Terry Fallis
Lavinia and her two sisters have changed their names and left their home town in an effort to escape the clutches of their guardian's brother, Cyrus.
Sam Blake recognizes "his lady" at first sight. But he has no idea that the Spencer sisters are independent, business-owning, bicycle-riding modern women.
See what happens when Sam dons sword and shield and endeavors to save his lady from certain ruin.
