![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They met and were engaged within two months and then things started to peter off. Who does she end up marrying and what does the dress she wears look like especially since the dress in the trunk was designed and made by a colored woman?Ĭharlotte and her fiance break up after realizing they were both dragging their feet about planning the wedding. Her old boyfriend, Daniel, returns for her after giving up playing baseball and is devastated that she’s moved on with her life and left him and his love behind. Phillip doesn’t like many of Emily’s actions and she’s not enamored of all of his as well especially since she’s caught him in a few lies. ![]() She is engaged to be married to Phillip Saltonstall whose family has a position in society but she continuously has her doubts whether they’re right for each other as well as whether they really love each other. The book takes place in Alabama and Emily is before her time fighting for the right for women to vote and also having business dealings with the colored people. When it’s finally opened with the help of Charlotte’s ex-fiance, Tim, things really start to get interesting as she tries to learn the history of the hundred year old wedding dress that is still in perfect condition. When Charlotte unexpectedly buys an old trunk at an auction that is welded shut she’s not aware of the ramifications it will have on her life. The book switches between the past and the present – Emily’s story in 1912 and Charlotte’s in 2012. THE WEDDING DRESS was not at all what I expected. ![]()
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