The Lace Weaver

1941, Estonia. As Stalin''s brutal Red Army crushes everything in its path, Katarina Rebane is desperate to protect her grandmother''s precious legacy: the weaving of gossamer-fine shawls and the intricate lace patterns holding stories passed down through generations.

In Moscow, Lydia Volkova is suffocating in a prison of privilege, yearning for freedom and hoping to rediscover her beloved mother''s Baltic heritage.

As the battle for their homeland intensifies, these two women are caught in a fight for life, liberty and love.

A powerful and timely novel of love, war and the battle to save a precious legacy. A tightly-knit community of heroic women fight to keep a cultural tradition alive in the face of Estonia''s occupation by Soviet forces during 1941. A&B is delighted to be publishing the Australian bestselling author Lauren Chater in the UK, following the publication of The Winter Dress.