The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz weaves together the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly intertwined by everyday garments. 

Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn and Regina Feldman all faced the Holocaust in different ways. While they did not know each other—in fact had never met—each had a red sweater that would play a major part in their lives. In this absorbing and deeply moving account, award-winning clothes historian Lucy Adlington documents their stories, knitting together the experiences that fragmented their families and their lives.

Adlington immortalizes these young women whose resilience, skills, strength and kindness accompanied them through the darkest events in human history. A powerful reminder of the suffering they endured and a celebration of courage, love and tenacity, this moving and original work illuminates moments long lost to history, now pieced back together by a simple garment.

About the Author

Lucy Adlington is a writer and historian specialising in women's history. She graduated from Cambridge University, with an MA from York University, in the UK. She has an extensive collection of vintage and antique garments spanning 300 years, including many unique items from the 1940s. She runs the popular History Wardrobe series of presentations, bringing history to life through clothes. Her previous non-fiction history, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, was on the New York Times bestseller list for six months and has been translated into 22 languages. Her fiction titles include the award-winning Young Adult novel The Red Ribbon.