Sandra Dallas
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In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties of loyalty and friendship that unite the women in a quilting circle in Depression-era Kansas
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to
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Eighty-six-year-old Hennie Comfort is living in the mountains of Colorado during the Depression. Newly married Nit Spindle and her husband have recently moved to town searching for work. Hennie notices Nit wandering outside of her home, and for some reason is drawn to her. Soon their chance meeting is transformed into a deep bond where secrets and struggles are divulged.
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2014.
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"It is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband Will has joined the Kansas volunteers to fight the Conferedates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps pass the months making a special quilt to keep Will warm during his winter months in the army. When the unthinkable happens, she takes in a a woman and child who have been left alone and made vulnerable by the war,...
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