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Things to Make and Mend
Things to Make and Mend
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Published:
1 February, 2007
hardback
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"Things to Make and Mend" tells the story of Sally Tuttle and Rowena Cresswell, school friends whose lives were changed at the age of fifteen by a shocking event. Now in their late thirties, they are estranged, both single mothers, both haunted with memories of their intense friendship. Sally is an embroiderer, a needlewoman ('the homelier sister of Wonderwoman'), who works at In Stitches, a repairs shop in East Grinstead. When she wins an embroidery prize and is invited to a conference in Edinburgh to deliver an embroidery lecture, she has to leave her teenage daughter Pearl alone and step into a new role - lecturer, prize-winner. Rowena Cresswell is in Edinburgh too, helping her son move out of his student accommodation. This beautifully woven, perfectly pitched story of two women caught in the shadow of their teenage years will stay in the hearts of readers long after they put it down.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571230594 |
| ISBN10 | 0571230598 |
| Number Of Pages | 257 |
| Item Weight | 317 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 30 x 188 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber and Faber |
| Format | hardback |
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'Lovely, brilliant, surefooted and devastating.' Ali Smith
Author's Bio
Ruth Thomas is an acclaimed Scottish short story writer. Her first collection Sea Monster Tattoo was shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Award and the Saltire First Book Award in 1998. The Dance Settee won a Scottish Arts Council Book Award in 2000.