More than 30 stories, plays, poems, and songs featuring the making of quilts - written from 1845 to the present, mainly by American women - document women's literary history. Featuring the work of Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Sharyn McCrumb, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and many others, "Quilt Stories" is a colourful literary album of stories, poems, and plays that celebrate quilting as a pattern in women's history. These stories - grouped under the themes of memory, courtship, ...
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More than 30 stories, plays, poems, and songs featuring the making of quilts - written from 1845 to the present, mainly by American women - document women's literary history. Featuring the work of Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Sharyn McCrumb, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and many others, "Quilt Stories" is a colourful literary album of stories, poems, and plays that celebrate quilting as a pattern in women's history. These stories - grouped under the themes of memory, courtship, struggle, mystery, and wisdom - reflect the importance of quilting in the lives of American women, not only as a practical craft and a creative outlet, but also as an integral part of the social community.
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Good + in None as issued jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Clean, solid hardcover copy with unmarked text; foxing to page edges. Jacket has moderate surface and edge wear; tiny tears at upper corners on jacket. Bump to bottom spine-end, but binding is tight and square. Books, box sets, and items other than standard jewel case CDs and DVDs that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 304. Like new condition; no flaws, gift-giving quality. Literary album of quilt stories from prominent writers, historic and contemporary. Guaranteed satisfaction; booksellers since 1988.
