The Dressmaker's War

by Mary Chamberlain

Book Overview

For readers of Amy Bloom, Sarah Waters, and Anthony Doerr, The Dressmaker's War is the story of a brilliant English seamstress taken prisoner in Germany during World War II: about her perseverance, the choices she makes to stay alive, and the haunting aftermath of war. London, 1939. Ada Vaughan is a young working-class woman with an unusual skill for dressmaking who dreams of opening her own atelier. When she meets Stanislaus von Lieben, a Hungarian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812997379
• ISBN13: 9780812997378
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"