Four Red Sweaters

Regular price €25.99
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781761154072
  • Weight: 536g
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Apr 2025
  • Publisher: Ultimo Press
  • Publication City/Country: AU
  • Product Form: Hardback
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The beautiful and moving histories of four young girls in the Holocaust, all linked by a red jumper.

This is the story of four Jewish girls - Joch, Anita, Chana and Regina - who resisted, sacrificed, or survived the Holocaust through resilience, skills, and kindness, and with the help, in each case, of a fragile red sweater. Each girl's story highlights a fascinating and moving aspect of Holocaust history, from the journey of a young refugee on the Kindertransport, to revolt and resistance at a death camp. They show how Jewish lives unravelled under the Nazi regime, contrasted with quiet heroism from so-called ordinary people.

Four Red Sweaters is a universal story of love, separation and connections.

PRAISE FOR THE DRESSMAKERS OF AUSCHWITZ:
'Compelling ... Adlington tells the stories of the women with clarity and steely precision' - Jewish Chronicle

'An utterly absorbing, important and unique historical read' - Judy Batalion, New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Our Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
'Powerful ... a fascinating account.' - Woman

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.