Annotation
In Washington, DC, freedwoman Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley becomes the personal modiste (and confidante) of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Chiaverini departs from her popular "Elm Creek Quilt" series to tell the story.
Characters
| Name | Lincoln, Mary Todd |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | First Lady |
| Traits | Married |
| Mother | |
| Name | Keckley, Elizabeth "Lizzie" |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Seamstress |
| Traits | African American |
| Mother | |
| Freed slave | |
| Genre | Fiction Historical |
| Topics | Female friendship Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Dressmakers First ladies Loss Assassinations African American women Freed slaves |
| Setting | Washington, D.C. |