Can a lowly housemaid realize her own American dream?
Born into a life of hard work, English housemaid Annie Wood arrives in New York City in 1911 with her wealthy mistress. Wide-eyed with the possibilities America has to offer, Annie wonders if there’s more for her than a life of service.
Annie chooses to risk everything, taps into courage she never knew she had, and goes off on her own, finding employment in the sewing department at Macy’s. While at Macy’s Annie catches the eye of a salesman at the Butterick Pattern Company. Through determination, hard work, and God’s leading, Annie discovers a hidden gift: she is a talented fashion designer—a pattern artist of the highest degree.
As she runs from ghosts of the past and focuses on the future, Annie enters a creative world that takes her to the fashion houses of Paris and into a life of adventure, purpose, and love.
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Summary
Book Title: The Pattern Artist
Book Author: Nancy Moser
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"I've had so many doors."
Trapped between the life that she wants and the life that she has, English housemaid Annie Wood makes the most of a trip to New York City; bravely leaving a life of servitude for the great unknown. Freedom, she quickly learns, has its own challenges, for surviving on one's own takes considerable courage and determination. Fortunately, she left her employ with two others, but one of those that they left behind holds a grudge, adding an element of danger to Annie's every move.
Settling into a modest job at Macy's department store, Annie meets a handsome Butterwick pattern salesman and a kind, widowed seamstress. Those two introductions launch Annie onto a journey of faith, whether she realizes it or not, for Annie's natural ability to create fashion is a rare gift that she barely knows how to utilize. Will her ordered view of life and love fit through the wide open gateway that beckons her into a promising future?
A really interesting story, "The Pattern Artist" gifts its readers with a glimpse into the world of a young woman who really did discover the American dream.
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