The Secret Sewing Society: An utterly gripping and heartbreaking historical novel full of family secrets

In occupied Ukraine in 1940, Zirka and her cousin Perla embroider in their old dressmaker's shop by candlelight. Hidden within their intricate traditional embroidery are secret messages for the resistance. Discovery or betrayal would mean certain death. In Lviv in 2022, Ana inherits a small shop and hopes it will bring her closer to the memory of her grandmother Zirka. Decades earlier, Ana's mother suddenly refused to see or speak to Zirka, and Ana has long wanted to understand what caused this rift. When Ana discovers a diary in a forgotten kitchen drawer, its pages reveal a secret sewing society tied to the war effort, a doomed love affair, and a woman fleeing with a newborn child. As Ana searches for the truth about her family's past, war returns to the city. The novel follows generations of women and the family mysteries that connect them across time, exploring what secrets from wartime may be too dangerous to uncover.