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 improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad.
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 improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad.
A novel about a quilting circle in 1930s Kansas. ("Persian pickle" is another name for paisley fabric.)
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres, Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Settings, Family + Friendship, Work + the Workplace, Human Qualities + Behavior, General, Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Griffin
- Pages: 196
- Edition: Reprint
- Language:
English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date:
September 1, 1996
- Date Published:
September 1, 1996
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Author: Sandra Dallas
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- Online Item #: 11404770
- Store Item Number (DPCI): 248-02-2385
- ISBN: 9780312147013
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