Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Format: Bargain Price
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: September 15, 1996
Publishing house: St. Martin's Press
Sale Popularity Level: 247130
Studio: St. Martin's Press
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It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad.
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The writing was average and the plot was average. For a Great Depression book, the story didn't seem realistic. The attempted rape and rescue seemed unrealistic. The adoption seemed off. The story's ending was not believable.
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During a horrible drought in 1930's Kansas, a circle of women friends forge a friendship of unflinching trust and strength in solidarity.
They help each other through difficult times and guard each other's secrets with incredible care and a devoted, loyal unity.
When a new member, Rita, joins in the circle, some of the tight knit threads become intimately tested. Rita is a city girl unaccustomed to the country life and doesn't quite fit in with the `Persian Pickles' or understand their ways.
The women gather to talk and share their love of quilting, as the dry Kansas soil leaves their town barren with burning crops and little work or food.
Life is hardscrabble and heavy handed.....but secrets must be sheltered...even as evidence of a murder is uncovered on one of the farms.
Good selection for women's book clubs, as the book offers up some important moral and social themes for discussion.
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Wewouts Book Club, February 24, 2007. This book had a "Fried Green Tomatoes, Whistle Stop" feel to it for me. A great book in how friends, true friends, will keep their mouths shut and not gossip about anything bad. A good book to read about the bonds of true friendship.
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This isn't a book I would probably have picked up, but it was assigned as a group read. It was a very fast read and I was hooked early on. I finished it in no time and absolutely LOVED IT!!
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An 5- book, now that I think of it. Place: Dust bowl Kansas in the 30s. The women get together to sew. Friends you'd die for in the lonely and hard farm country in deep economic depression. Characters wonderfully present. And look at some of these names! Rita and Agnes Ritter, Mrs. Septima Judd, hushand Prosper, Opalina Dux, Ada June Zinn - husband Buck, Ceres Root, Ella Crook,Ben Crook, Nettie Burgett,husband Tyrone, Forest Ann, hill drifters Massie (Zepha, Blue, son Sonny and Baby). Hiawatha the hired hand. -
Queenie Bean tells the story of friendship, mystery, and loyalty that beats all.
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