Sunday, December 4, 2011

Prayers for Sale, by Sandra Dallas



Hello, life. How are you today? How does yesterday make you feel? How does the unexpected of today alter your choices? Told by an elderly lady who welcomes a young bride into her dredging town in the Colorado mountains, this novel lends perspective to each day we live and to our lives as a whole.

The novel is all about life and death, forgiveness, and quilting. I've pieced many baby quilts and made a few larger quilts too, though I'm still working on the first large 'pieced' quilt. The dedication, time, and energy spent on quilting - and the importance of quilting to the lives of those women - was a new concept for me. One of the quilts plays a central role in the main story of forgiveness that is threaded throughout the book, and one of the fabrics in the story is a symbol of love, family, status, and friendship.
You will laugh and cry, learn and awe as you read this tale of vision and love. Enjoy.

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