Dave Riese: 2 books

Montreal, 1951. Rebecca Wiseman, 18-years-old, from a Catholic-Jewish family, lives with her parents in Outremont. At a local dance, she briefly meets a handsome young man, but has little hope of seeing him again. When Sol Gottesman tracks her down and asks her on a date, her happiness mingles...

A series of three short stories introducing Rebecca, a Canadian teenager, living in Montreal in the 1940s.In the title short story, Rebecca receives a second-hand blue dress as a gift. When she is forced to give up her hand-made needlepoint pillow in return, she finds a way to exact a fitting revenge...