As fourteen-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings.
Is her love of clothes and creativity nothing more than collaboration with her captors, or is it a means of staying alive? Will she fight for herself alone, or will she trust the importance of an ever-deepening friendship with Rose? One thing weaves through the colours of couture gowns and camp mud - a red ribbon, given to Ella as a symbol of hope..
She is faced with painful decisions about how far she is prepared to go to survive.
And this place is all about survival.
Ella seeks refuge from this reality, and from haunting memories, in her work and in the world of fashion and fabrics.
Every dress she makes could mean the difference between life and death.
Ella has joined the seamstresses of Birkenau-Auschwitz, as readers may recognise it.
Hers are no ordinary clients.
She is a dressmaker, but this is no ordinary sewing workshop.
As fourteen-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings
