Meredith Jaffé Author Talk
Author Meredith Jaffé will be in conversation with Library staff about her latest book, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison. Inspired by real events, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison is a funny, dark and moving novel.
Think The Full Monty meets Orange is the New Black with an Aussie twist! It’s a poignantly comic story about a men's prison sewing circle and as unlikely as it sounds, it’s based on a real men’s sewing organisation, Fine Cell Work, which operates in prisons throughout the British Isles teaching inmates needlework and quilting.
On hearing about the UK men’s sewing charity Meredith went down a long and deep rabbit hole of research and discovered many of the Fine Cell Work pieces are of an incredible standard and can be found hanging in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Buckingham Palace, and Elton John’s home. The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison takes this grain of fact and weaves a story of finding humanity, friendship and redemption in the most unexpected of places. It’s heart-warming, heartbreaking and brilliantly readable.
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Goulburn Mulwaree Library
184-194 Bourke Street, Goulburn NSW 2580
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