The Viennese Dressmaker

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>The Viennese Dressmaker</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>A Haunting Story of Wartime Vienna</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>From <em>USA TODAY</em> Bestselling author Kathryn Gauci comes a powerful and unforgettable story of one woman's incredible will to survive and protect those she loves against insurmountable odds.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>In the half-light of a new day the city resembled a macabre scene from hell. The gay Vienna of her youth had disappeared - vanished as utterly as if it had never existed.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Vienna 1938: </strong>Austria's leading couturier Christina Lehmann sits at the pinnacle of Viennese society. Her lover the renowned painter Max Hauser is at the height of his career. But Max harbours a secret and it is only a matter of time before the Gestapo finds out. The situation takes a dramatic turn on <em>Kristallnacht</em> when the pogrom against the Austrian Jews escalates and one of Christina's Jewish seamstresses is brutally murdered.</p><p><br></p><p>In order to protect both Max and her couture house Christina begins a double life plunging her into the shadowy world of Nazi oppression fear and mistrust fuelled by ancient hatreds. </p><p><br></p><p>As Vienna descends into chaos hunger and disillusionment will her deception be enough to save Max - or will it end in tragedy? </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Based on actual events this is an epic story of courage and resilience. It is the kind of book that wraps around your soul and leaves an impression.</strong></p><p><strong>Brilliant and moving <em>The Viennese Dressmaker</em> is a compelling and vivid portrait of wartime Vienna; a story of human relationships and the will to survive under the shadow of the most evil power the world has ever known. -</strong> <strong>JJ Toner author of <em>The Black Orchestra</em></strong></p>