Ella is a 14 year old girl who has been sent to Birchwood (Auschwitz)detention centre. She dreams of how life used to be at home with her grandmother who was a gifted tailoress and remembers the lovely food they used to eat.
Her dressmaking skills earn her a place in the Upper Tailoring Studio where she designs and sews beautiful dresses for the officers' wives and female guards. That's where her friendship with Rose, the daughter of an aristocrat and a gifted storyteller, begins.
Despite the hunger, cruelty and privation, this is a story about friendship, innocence and acts of kindness. These are symbolised on the embossed dustcover which shows barbed wire entwined with a red ribbon.
The book is beautifully presented - a lovely gift for readers of all ages.
Her dressmaking skills earn her a place in the Upper Tailoring Studio where she designs and sews beautiful dresses for the officers' wives and female guards. That's where her friendship with Rose, the daughter of an aristocrat and a gifted storyteller, begins.
Despite the hunger, cruelty and privation, this is a story about friendship, innocence and acts of kindness. These are symbolised on the embossed dustcover which shows barbed wire entwined with a red ribbon.
The book is beautifully presented - a lovely gift for readers of all ages.