This book came highly recommended by a friend. Thank you Michelle!
I love nothing more than when a book transports me to another world and I can’t wait to get back to it. It doesn’t happen to me that often, but this book had me absorbed from start to finish.
Ada Vaughan lives in Threed Street in 1930s London. She gets a job working for Mrs B as a dressmaker, where she learns her trade. But Ada is no ordinary worker. She has a real talent for couture and a flair for fashion. One evening she attracts the attention of a man named Stanislaus at a hotel, and the two begin courting. When he asks Ada to go to Paris with him, she is thrilled. Despite warning of the outbreak of War, Ada sneaks off to Paris with him. What happens next is more than your worst nightmare. Ada finds herself alone and abandoned in a city at war.
What I loved about this novel were the rich descriptions of both time and place. I felt like I was there, and I got a real sense of Ada’s fear and panic. The writing is lyrical and full of ambiance. I defy you to not get caught up in this wonderful story of one woman’s perilous struggle to survive through World War II.
Also I will say that the ending surprised me, which always adds to a great read!
Read it, you won’t be disappointed. 4*.
My next book is The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley. Review coming soon!
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