How to Make an American Quilt - by Whitney Otto (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An extraordinary and moving reading experience, this story is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience. As they gather year after year, their stories, their wisdom, and their lives form the pattern from which they draw warmth and comfort.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"Remarkable . . . It is a tribute to an art form that allowed women self-expression even when society did not. Above all, though, it is an affirmation of the strength and power of individual lives, and the way they cannot help fitting together."--<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i></b><br> An extraordinary and moving novel, <i>How to Make an American Quilt</i> is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience. As they gather year after year, their stories, their wisdom, their lives, form the pattern from which all of us draw warmth and comfort for ourselves. <p/><b>The inspiration for the major motion picture featuring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, and Maya Angelou</b> <p/> <b>Praise for <i>How to Make an American Quilt</i></b> <p/> "Fascinating . . . highly original . . . These are beautiful individual stories, stitched into a profoundly moving whole. . . . A spectrum of women's experience in the twentieth century."<b>--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/> "Intensely thoughtful . . . In Grasse, a small town outside Bakersfield, the women meet weekly for a quilting circle, piercing together scraps of their husbands' old workshirts, children's ragged blankets, and kitchen curtains. . . . Like the richly colored, well-placed shreds that make up the substance of an American quilt, details serve to expand and illuminate these characters. . . . The book spans half a century and addresses not only [these women's] histories but also their children's, their lovers', their country's, and in the process, their gender's."<b>--<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b> <p/> "A radiant work of art . . . It is about mothers and daughters; it is about the estrangement and intimacy between generations. . . . A compelling tale."<b>--<i>The Seattle Times</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Remarkable . . . It is a tribute to an art form that allowed women self-expression even when society did not. Above all, though, it is an affirmation of the strength and power of individual lives, and the way they cannot help fitting together."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/> "Fascinating . . . highly original . . . These are beautiful individual stories, stitched into a profoundly moving whole. . . . A spectrum of women's experience in the twentieth century."<b>--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/> "Intensely thoughtful . . . In Grasse, a small town outside Bakersfield, the women meet weekly for a quilting circle, piercing together scraps of their husbands' old workshirts, children's ragged blankets, and kitchen curtains. . . . Like the richly colored, well-placed shreds that make up the substance of an American quilt, details serve to expand and illuminate these characters. . . . The book spans half a century and addresses not only [these women's] histories but also their children's, their lovers', their country's, and in the process, their gender's."<b>--<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b> <p/> "A radiant work of art . . . It is about mothers and daughters; it is about the estrangement and intimacy between generations. . . . A compelling tale."<b>--<i>The Seattle Times</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Whitney Otto</b> is the bestselling author of <i>How to Make an American Quilt</i> (which was made into a feature film), <i>Now You See Her</i>, and <i>The Passion Dream Book</i>. A native of California, she lives in Portland, Oregon.
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