Annette S. (annette-s) reviewed on + 49 more book reviews
If you're looking for a book about the power of friendship, The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas is the book for you. Don't let the name fool you. It's not set in the Middle East. The story takes place in Kansas during the hard times and drought of the 1930s. A Persian pickle is a paisley, and the club is a quilting bee. The women of the Persian Pickle Club dress up and meet regularly to quilt and socialize. They love nothing more than trading fabric scraps and finding new patterns with names like Better Times, Nine-Patch, Wandering Foot, and Road to Californy.
When new comer, Rita, joins the group, they try to welcome her even though she doesn't quite fit in. She's a college girl who doesn't know how to sew a stitch. She has a hankering for bourbon and a yearning to be a journalist. She would prefer to read rather than sew, which is something Queenie just can't understand. The story is told by Queenie, a kind and sensible young farmwife who befriends Rita and helps her in her quest to become a journalist.
I loved this book from beginning to the very end. Through miscarriages, polio scares, problems with daughters, or even the discovery of one woman's missing husband found buried in a field, the Pickles are there for each other. The book is a fast read. You might zip through it, but Queenie and the Pickles will stay with you a long time.
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When new comer, Rita, joins the group, they try to welcome her even though she doesn't quite fit in. She's a college girl who doesn't know how to sew a stitch. She has a hankering for bourbon and a yearning to be a journalist. She would prefer to read rather than sew, which is something Queenie just can't understand. The story is told by Queenie, a kind and sensible young farmwife who befriends Rita and helps her in her quest to become a journalist.
I loved this book from beginning to the very end. Through miscarriages, polio scares, problems with daughters, or even the discovery of one woman's missing husband found buried in a field, the Pickles are there for each other. The book is a fast read. You might zip through it, but Queenie and the Pickles will stay with you a long time.
Read other reviews at http://readinginthegarden.blogspot.com
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