[Arlene McLeish]

#90794

I have to confess that I too love the idea of meeting with such an amicable group of women, all of whom are able to make time on a regular basis to quilt.
And for me this was also the first ‘quilt’ novel that I read.
I’m enjoying re-reading it…

[Arlene McLeish]

#88020

Hi Zoe,

I also found it much easier once I’d seen a photo of ‘the quilt’. I’ve got as far as buying some fabric for the centre panel – and that’s it….

Arlene

[Arlene McLeish]

#88018

Hi Zoe,

I would agree – modern mental health issues seem to be becoming ever more acute, and while there’s a lack of money, I also wonder whether we know how to fix them?

Arlene

[Arlene McLeish]

#73541

Glad to hear that – always good to pick up a new book!

[Arlene McLeish]

#73539

Great to hear that it’s inspired you to seek out the others in the series. Hope you enjoy then just as much!

[Arlene McLeish]

#94237

Hi!!!

Some interesting ideas about whether or not to read other books in the series. I did find that if I read several in quick succession I got quite bored, but one every now and then worked fine! I found the Christmas one to be the most disappointing – I hadn’t quite registered that it was really a cook book with some small snippets of stories here and there.
I haven’t yet read the Aloha quilt – nor made a Hawaiian quilt!

[Arlene McLeish]

#85783

Maria, that’s absolutely fascinating! I’ve seen a couple of documentaries which indicated that this practice wasn’t uncommon, but it’s always interesting to know of a first-hand source. I find it frightening that such things ever occurred – and presumably were though to be ‘for the best’ at the time.
I wonder if there are similar modern practices, or relatively recent ones, that will be reviled in a few more decades?

[Arlene McLeish]

#80093

Interesting points, Heather. I have to admit that the use of the cassette recorder was, as you say ‘a little clunky (I found myself wondering why the interviewer hadn’t used a dictaphone, and why the interviews weren’t transcribed in the first place if they were for a Ph.D.!). However, I did enjoy the different narrative voices. Sometimes it isn’t always clear who the different speakers are, and I thought it was quite clear here.

[Arlene McLeish]

#73537

Ha ha Frances – that’s what reading is all about – imagining ‘what if…’

[Arlene McLeish]

#72296

I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! It’s not a book that I’d come across before, so good to hear that it was n enjoyable read.

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