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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSpring 1939. Taken prisoner by the Nazis, eighteen-year-old Ada is forced into a life of slavery and horror in Dachau concentration camp. Her skill as a seamstress is the only bargaining chip she has against the brutal SS guards. Back in London, she dreamed of being a world-renowned designer; now she must sew to save her life…but at what cost? For readers of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ, this is a powerful and moving story of courage and resilience, betrayal and passion.

How do you rebuild a life from the ashes of despair?

London 1958. Twenty-six-year-old Betty Fisher is one of the first to join the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and attend its inaugural meeting, where she meets John Harris. Posted to Berlin towards the end of the war, John has been left traumatised by his experiences in Germany. And, as his initial admiration for Betty shifts into an overwhelming need to protect her, he is plagued by flashbacks and fantasies. John's increasing fragility brings to the surface Betty's own memories. And soon her past, too, begins to unravel…

Dora Simon and Joe O’Cleary live in separate countries, accepting of their twilight years. But their monochrome worlds are abruptly upended by the arrival of Barbara Hummel, who is determined to identify the mysterious woman whose photograph she has found among her mother’s possessions.Forced to confront a time they thought buried in the past, Dora and Joe’s lives unravel – and entwine. For, trapped on the Channel Islands under the German occupation in the Second World War, Dora, a Jewish refugee, had concealed her identity; while Joe, a Catholic priest, kept quite another secret...This is a story of love and betrayal, shame and survival. But can a speck of light diffuse the darkest shadows of war?

Лондон, 1939 год. Аде Воан восемнадцать, она красива и очень амбициозна. Несмотря на молодость, она высококлассная портниха, и у нее есть все данные, чтобы когда-нибудь открыть свое ателье – «Дом Воан», как видится в ее мечтах. И когда Ада встречает загадочного Станисласа, ей кажется, что она почти ухватила птицу удачи за хвост. Новая жизнь начинается с ее первого путешествия – и не куда-нибудь, а в Париж, мировую столицу моды. Ада отлично шьет, у нее превосходный вкус, но о жизни, политике, загранице и уж тем более о мужчинах она не знает почти ничего. Через несколько дней на Европу обрушится война, загадочный мужчина исчезнет, и Ада…