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    The Sewing Machine
    The Sewing Machine
    The Sewing Machine
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Sewing Machine

    Written by Natalie Fergie

    Narrated by Angus King and Ruth Urquhart

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    About this audiobook

    It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than 100 years after his grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred unpicks the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJan 25, 2018
    ISBN9781510098916
    The Sewing Machine

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    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this story. The interplay between the stories of the different generations, and then some surprises at the end make for a very enjoyable story.

      The narrators are perfect. They have enough of a Scottish accent to lend authenticity while still being easy to understand to my American ears. The interplay between them adds interest.

      I enjoy a good story that doesn’t need sex and violence to carry it. I will be looking for other books by this writer.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A lovely story going through time about the life of an old sewing machine, and the people who used it.
    • 5/5
      Beautifully narrated and with great twists and turns
    • 5/5
      Intricately crafted story - thank you for all the hours and hours it must have taken to put together- beautiful and clever
    • 5/5
      This is a great tale of life in the North, of human beings and their 'normal stories', their kindness, their meanness. As a collector of vintage Singers sewing machines this story is exactly what we, collectors, always say: "If only this machine could talk!..."
    • 3/5
      The historical references were very interesting. But the story line was not at all believable. Far too many happy coincidences.