An utterly gripping and heartbreaking historical novel full of family secrets

Every stitch contains a spark of rebellion.

Ukraine, 1940. Zirka and her cousin Perla embroider by candlelight in their dressmaker's shop. Hidden in the stitches are secret messages for the resistance. If the two women are caught, it would mean certain death.

Lviv, 2022. Ana hopes the shop she was shocked to inherit will bring her closer to the memory of her grandmother Zirka. After Ana's mother refused to speak to Zirka decades ago, Ana has been desperate to find out what tore them apart.

When Ana finds a diary, the pages inside tell of a secret sewing society, a doomed love affair, and a woman on the run with a newborn.

On the eve of another war, will Ana learn that some wartime secrets are too dangerous to uncover?