The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz*** The New York Times Bestseller ***'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of clothes in the grimmest of societies imaginable and giving an insight into the women who stayed alive by stitching' Alexandra Shulman, author of Clothes and other things that matter'Compelling Adlington tells

Here O' Keane uses the broken memories of psychosis to illuminate the integrated human brain

She hears his boat’s engine again and follows it

it became an instant bestseller and international phenomenon

Desperate to leave Northern Ireland and the trials of her mother's unorthodox family - a loving yet eccentric band of misfits - behind

snaking sentences make the book almost literally unputdownable

cakes and cookies

even before being nominated in 1993 to become the second woman on the Court

before she disappears without a trace

his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood

there is always the sense of fragility allied with strength

But as bestselling historian Laurence Rees shows

Coe - a writer of uncommon decency - reminds us that the way out of this mess is through moderation