Escape to the mystery and romance of the Victorian Age with author Sarah A. Christman.

On Sarah’s twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were beautiful, and Sarah had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, but had specifically asked her husband not to buy her a corset–ever.

Her view of the female corset: She’d heard how corsets affected the female body and what they represented, and she wanted none of it.

However, Chrisman agreed to try on the garment . . . and found it surprisingly enjoyable. The corset, she realized, was a tool of empowerment–not oppression. After a year of wearing a corset on a daily basis, her waist had gone from thirty-two inches to twenty-two inches, she was experiencing fewer migraines, and her posture improved. She had successfully transformed her body, her dress, and her lifestyle into that of a Victorian woman–and everyone was asking about it. She turned corset wearing into a way of life- and details it in this delightful read.

To purchase: Victorian Secrets: What a Corset Taught Me about the Past, the Present, and Myself