Books like Faded Denim by Melody Carlson

Three cousins investigate a mysterious disappearance at an old mansion in a Christian detective story about family and friendship gone wrong.

Nikki cares for her friend Carly, who she suspects suffers from an eating disorder, while Nikki confronts her own lack of self‑acceptance through prayer and faith.

Look at the world through two contrasting eyes—one girl living with obesity, the other wrestling with anorexia—while they navigate high‑school life and the complexities of friendship.

A romance story set in Seattle, focusing on the bonds between Militine, a young woman, and Thane, a man with a dark secret, as they navigate the complexities of man-woman relationships and Christian values in a historical context, exploring themes of redemption and the transformative power of friendship and understanding.

When Taylor returns from rehab, Kriti battles an eating disorder, and Eliza sparks rivalry as the girls vie for a New York debut at Spring Fashion Week, creating drama at the Carter household.

Denim is one of the world's favorite fabrics, and today it accounts for the largest segment of the clothing industry. The market for jeans alone is worth over 55 billion dollars. Experiments with denim by designers have helped to develop a vast vocabulary of denim styles beyond jeans that are now ingrained in fashion's lexicon. This handsome book explores the multifaceted history of denim and examines the continually evolving relationship between it and high fashion. Prized for its durability and strength, denim began as an ideal fabric for workwear, most famously in the clothing produced by Levi Strauss & Co. for fortune hunters during the 19th-century California gold rush. Over the past 160 years, however, film, television, and advertising have helped transform denim into a symbol of youth, rebellion, sex, and the ever-ephemeral quality of "cool." The fashion industry has also played a large role in the expansion of denim into casual and couture clothing. The Denim Council, which formed in the U.S. in the 1950s, promoted denim to an ever-widening circle of customers through the framework of the fashion industry, most notably with presentations during New York fashion weeks. Featuring previously unpublished archival material from the Denim Council, an insightful text, and copious illustrations, this book offers a new perspective on denim's rapid rise from the 19th century to today. Exhibition: The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA (01.12.2015-07.05.2016).

Abigail spends a memorable summer of 1885 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, where a charismatic lieutenant may change her course of fate.