Over 100,000 copies sold‘A tapestry of strong characters and accomplished writing’ Herald ScotlandIt is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again.Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her.More than 100 years after his grandmother’s sewing machine was made, … after his grandmother’s sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams.
He starts to unpick the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.
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A pleasant, nice read. Good story line
Intriguing story of a sewingmachine and its owners over the span of a century. I enjoyed this very much.
very well written and a joy to read. sorry it is done.
I very
I couldn’t get into this book-jumped around too much
Hard to get started, but enjoyed the history vofvthe sewing machine.
I enjoyed this book. A sweet story
took too long to get off the ground . .. ran out of runway!
Boring!