

"And don't look back, no matter what you do." Her mum had never been one for hugs or soft words, but she had been honest, and most of the time she'd been right, too. 24.88 1 Used from 19.99 2 New from 24.88. "Just keep your chin up, Ann, and you can face anything," Mum had said. A teacher had been cruel at school, her cat had run away, awful Billy from round the corner had pulled her pigtails and said no one would ever kiss her because of her ginger hair. "Chin up," she'd always said when Ann had come to her in tears about something awful that had happened.


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"Chin up," she'd always said when Ann had come to her in tears about something awful that had happened. With The Gown, Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. “It was her own fault, as simple as that, and fussing over it or letting herself feel sad wouldn't do a whit of good.
