. . . "The secret lives of dresses" . . . . . . . . "Dora has always taken the path of least resistance. She went to the college that offered her a scholarship, is majoring in \"vagueness studies,\" and wears whatever shows the least dirt. She falls into a job at the college coffee shop, and a crush on her flirty boss, Gary. Just when she's about to test Gary's feelings, Mimi, the grandmother who raised her, suffers a stroke. Dora rushes back home to Forsyth, NC, and finds herself running her grandmother's vintage clothing store. The store has always been a fixture in Dora's life; though she grew up more of a jeans-and-sweatshirt kind of girl, before she even knew how to write, Mimi taught her that a vintage 1920s dress could lift a woman's spirit. While working there, Dora befriends Mimi's adorable contractor, Conrad. Is he after Dora, or is working from a different blueprint? And why did Mimi start writing down, and giving away, stories of the dresses in her shop?" . . . . . . . . . "Fiction" . "Audiobooks" . . . . . "Love stories" . "Self-actualization (Psychology)" . . . . "Young women." . . "Vintage clothing Fiction." . . "Young women Fiction." . . "Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction." . . "Vintage clothing." . .