So I thought it would be the first book I would buy when I got to
It is set in the 1850s and tells the
story of a young English Quaker woman, Honor Bright, who emigrated to the United States together with her sister, engaged
to be married to a man from their fellowship who had gone ahead and settled in Ohio Ohio
I really
enjoyed reading the book, it teaches you a lot of things about the Underground
Railroad, and, if you’re not a quilter, a few things about quilting, too. For
quilters I think it is nice to have a little bit of reference to quilting put
into the daily life of Honor along the way.
The book is
out in hardcover only right now, as far as I could tell, and after I finished
it I decided that I would not take it back home as my luggage was tightly packed anyway. So I set it traveling
– I gave it to the volunteer at the register in the Quiltmuseum of York, asking
her to pass it on to other quilters after she has finished reading it. Watch
out for it – perhaps it will come your way!
I hope the book does not perpetuate the myth of quilts including secret signs about the Underground Railway. We heard so much about that story before it was debunked a decade or so back, and many people still like to believe it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see anything about quilts including secret signs, so I think one can say 'no' to this suspicion. Quilting is just an activity that keeps the heroine busy, happy, sometimes sane, and helps her to establish some kind of a reputation in her new community, which was not exactly welcoming to her in the beginning.
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