She weaves a spell, conjuring the heat and the glamour, the hardship and the thrill of Morocco and Spain in the late 1930s. The Time in Between Maria Duenas, 2011 Atrias Books 624 pp. I applaud Sira's bravery, quiet dignity and immense adaptability. I could not puit it down. Here's the thing. It was so close to the series which never happens that i already knew everything that was about to happen. A dressmaker for goodness sake! And, the heroine was constantly bumping into people she knew, as if there were only half a dozen people in all of North Africa. See full terms and conditions and this month's choices. But it amazed me how even the characters fit their descriptions in the book. The plot is nonsensical; the heroine's "spying" seemed pointless, reliant on coincidence, and not carried out in a rational fashion. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The book does deal with the time in between the wars, so the title kinda works in that regard...I wondered if it didn't have both meanings, since she was also a dressmaker. (or visa versa, I'm not sure which title is the original one). Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. -- Mario Vargas Llosa, recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, María Dueñas holds a PhD in English philology. I am going to be honest. ISBN-13: 9781451616880 Summary The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II Between Youth and Adulthood. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2019. Please try your request again later. I found the plot incredibly predictable and not in the least romantic. Both novels became international bestsellers and have been translated into thirty-five languages. I loved all the locales, but especially the parts set in Morocco. I'm very puzzled by the wonderful reviews of this book. You bet. Unable to add item to List. “You wore blue. Wow. I will try to watch the movies but it is in spanish with subtitle...not sure I can get into it. I love historical fiction from WW2 period, but haven't read much on Spain's involvement in the war, so I definitely found that interesting. This is also a story of a woman reinventing herself through necessity and coping with sudden shifts of fortune. María Dueñas reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller. She came into the spotlight in 2009, achieving great success in Spain thanks to her first novel, El tiempo entre costuras, published in English language as The Time in Between and The Seamstress, a historical espionage novel, which sold more than a million copies. Perhaps it's me, perhaps I am suffering from reader fatigue and have lost my patience with books that do not get to their point, especially in an age when publishers expect (nay, demand) that the novel's trajectory be clear by the end of the first chapter. She works as an apprentice to her mother in a dress-making shop in Madrid. If you were to give this book a movie rating (G, PG, PG-13 or R), what would it be, and why? That’s not a strike, just not the high brow literary I anticipated based on the reviews. She has seven siblings. The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II.Between Youth and Adulthood…At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress.

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