How to make an American quilt

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Author

Whitney Otto

Publication

1992 - Ballantine Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

59,000 words, Guess

Page Count

236 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivehowtomakeamericaott00otto
Internet Archivehowtomakeamerica00otto
Internet Archivehowtomakeamerica0000otto_s2n4
ISBN-100345370805
ISBN-139780345370808

and 4 more

LibraryThing17950
Library of Congress Control Number97816432
OCLC Control Number25481573
Open LibraryOL14421828M

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3565.T795 H6 1992bx
LCCCPB Box no. 595 vol. 13

and 1 more

LCCPS3565.T795 H6 1991

Description

Eight women gather together over the years to piece together an extrarodinary quilt of their own imaginative devising. And as they stitch, we listen to the stories they have to tell of their successes and failures, their lives and loves, their dreams, desires, and the surprise and sometimes joy of living

First Sentence

WHAT YOU NEED: You need a large wooden frame and enough space to accommodate it.

Description

With all of the appeal and the rich narrative drive of The Joy Luck Club, this marvelous novel's inventiveness and gripping universality are the st uff of which literary sensations are made. Otto interweaves stories of a California quilting group with seven sets of instruction in the quilting process, ultimately conveying the significant passages in women's lives.