The patchwork girls / Elaine Everest.
By: Everest, Elaine.
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2022Description: 366 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549455.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Kent -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Homecoming -- Fiction | Sewing -- Fiction | Widows -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Kent (England) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 1939. After the sudden and tragic loss of her husband John, Helen Wentworth returns to her mother's house in Biggin Hill - the one place she vowed she'd never go back to again. Alone, not knowing where to turn, she finds herself joining the local women's sewing circle, despite being hopeless with a needle and thread. These resourceful women can not only make do and mend with material - their friendship mends something deeper in Helen too. But when the true reason for John's death comes to light, her world is turned upside down yet again. Inspector Richard Gladstone will leave no stone unturned, but it's not long before his interest in Helen goes beyond the professional. As she pieces together old fabrics into a beautiful quilt, will she patch up the rifts in her own life?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013155312 |
1939. After the sudden and tragic loss of her husband John, Helen Wentworth returns to her mother's house in Biggin Hill - the one place she vowed she'd never go back to again. Alone, not knowing where to turn, she finds herself joining the local women's sewing circle, despite being hopeless with a needle and thread. These resourceful women can not only make do and mend with material - their friendship mends something deeper in Helen too. But when the true reason for John's death comes to light, her world is turned upside down yet again. Inspector Richard Gladstone will leave no stone unturned, but it's not long before his interest in Helen goes beyond the professional. As she pieces together old fabrics into a beautiful quilt, will she patch up the rifts in her own life?
Adult.