The Frock Shop
Sophie Green
Reviewed by Helen
This is another brilliant story from Sophie Green who I think has such and awesome voice for bringing her characters to life on the pages, the women in this story are all linked in some way to the local charity frock shop in the harbourside suburb of Mosman and I loved it from start to finish, come along and meet Daphne, Adelaide, Christina, Margot and Lucy these woman are different ages and have different backgrounds but friendship will bring them together and help them all find who they are.
Daphne is seventy one and has worked at this shop since it began as a frock shop many years ago, she is married to Hector has two adult children Noel and Janet and has always had a flare for knowing what woman should and should not wear, she also keeps her a few secrets.
Adelaide is a close friend to Daphne she is also a cellist who has been overseas for many years and travelling with orchestras but is home now and volunteering in the charity frock shop, there was a reason that had Adelaide fleeing Australia many years ago will it come back to cause problems now?
Christina grew up around here but has been in Hollywood for a few years now and is a well known actor but when she is forced to flee Los Angeles to her childhood home she finds herself volunteering in the frock shop and making a strong friendship with Daphne.
Margot is in all sorts of bother living in her big childhood home with only her elderly aunt although she is thirty six she has never worked and now her life is very different from what she thought it would be, could things turn around for her?
Lucy is a young teenager in her last years of school she works in her parent’s dry-cleaning business after school but is pulled towards the materials and the way clothes are made and she visits the frock shop and makes friends with Daphne and is learning a lot from her and she feels a lot safer here than she does at home or the family shop, will her dreams come true?
This story brings these woman together and the clothes play a big part in this story, Sophie Green never disappoints and this one is just so very good, I loved all of the woman in this story as I got to know them and was sad when the book finished I could have stayed with them for longer, I do highly recommend this one it is a must read.
Daphne is seventy one and has worked at this shop since it began as a frock shop many years ago, she is married to Hector has two adult children Noel and Janet and has always had a flare for knowing what woman should and should not wear, she also keeps her a few secrets.
Adelaide is a close friend to Daphne she is also a cellist who has been overseas for many years and travelling with orchestras but is home now and volunteering in the charity frock shop, there was a reason that had Adelaide fleeing Australia many years ago will it come back to cause problems now?
Christina grew up around here but has been in Hollywood for a few years now and is a well known actor but when she is forced to flee Los Angeles to her childhood home she finds herself volunteering in the frock shop and making a strong friendship with Daphne.
Margot is in all sorts of bother living in her big childhood home with only her elderly aunt although she is thirty six she has never worked and now her life is very different from what she thought it would be, could things turn around for her?
Lucy is a young teenager in her last years of school she works in her parent’s dry-cleaning business after school but is pulled towards the materials and the way clothes are made and she visits the frock shop and makes friends with Daphne and is learning a lot from her and she feels a lot safer here than she does at home or the family shop, will her dreams come true?
This story brings these woman together and the clothes play a big part in this story, Sophie Green never disappoints and this one is just so very good, I loved all of the woman in this story as I got to know them and was sad when the book finished I could have stayed with them for longer, I do highly recommend this one it is a must read.
5 stars
July 28, 2026 by Hachette Australia
