Four Red Sweaters, Lucy Adlington
Four Red Sweaters, Lucy Adlington
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Four Red Sweaters
Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust

Author: Lucy Adlington

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2025

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways.Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn, and Regina Feldman all faced the Holocaust in different ways. While they did not know each other—in fact had never met—each had a red sweater that would play a major part in their lives. In this absorbing and deeply moving account, award-winning clothes historian Lucy Adlington documents their stories, knitting together the experiences that fragmented their families and their lives.Adlington immortalizes these young women whose resilience, skills, strength, and kindness accompanied them through the darkest events in human history. A powerful reminder of the suffering they endured and a celebration of courage, love, and tenacity, this moving and original work illuminates moments long lost to history, now pieced back together by a simple garment.

About Lucy Adlington

Lucy Adlington is a British novelist and clothes historian with more than twenty years’ experience researching social history and writing fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Yorkshire, England. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nidhi on February 03, 2025

As a teen, I came across a sweater that was so comfortable that I would obsessively wear to the point that it was not wearable anymore. My mom made me this wonderful replica, and it is the most precious clothing that I have. When I came across Four Red Sweaters, I knew I had to pick up, and once I s......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on March 13, 2025

A beautiful, beautiful heartbreaking read that is very well researched and lets we the reader become aware of this aspect of the Holocaust and the importance of clothing to the Nazis during WWII. Brilliant, amazing writing with wonderful characters. 4/5 Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this bo......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 13, 2025

Amazing and unique telling of the lives of 4 girls and their families during the Holocaust. The story is told around a red sweater that they each owned. It also tells how their survival was partly due to their ability to knit and produce garments for the Nazi's during the Holocaust. Special thanks t......more

Goodreads review by Craig and Phil on March 30, 2025

Big thanks to Ultimo Press for sending us a copy to read and review. The survivors are becoming fewer and fewer as the years pass with speed but the memories, evidence and memorabilia are stark reminders that this unjust tragedy unfolded not that long ago. Whether captured on film, paper or in museum......more

Goodreads review by Mh on March 23, 2025

Not really a 2 star (would have given 2.5). It was very disjointed. Author sounded like she had nowhere near enough info for a book so she just kept repeating herself. Most of the historical info was often repeated info from other books I have read. I did learn more about the extent of repurposing m......more

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