This was a decent read, requiring no brainpower whatsoever. A somewhat vacuous premise based on fashion, of all things, gives the reader access to a fairly solid WWII story of resistance and friendship. I found myself not caring much at all for the modern-day protagonist of the story but very much liking the 1940s-era narrator, recounting her story as an aged woman. That was slightly unbelievable, the amount of detail in a story related to another and written in correspondence, but the tale was engaging enough to excuse it. I chose this as an easy quick-consumption vacation read and it fit the bill.