EAN: 9781473687936

THREADS OF LIFE - CLARE HUNTER KARTONIERT (TB)

**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** For the mothers of the disappeared in
1970s Argentina  protest was difficult. Every Thursday they marched in front of government
buildings wearing headscarves embroidered with the names of their lost children. Through sewing
they found a way to campaign. In Tudor England Mary  Queen of Scots was under house arrest and
her letters were censored  so she sewed secret treason into her needlework to communicate with
the world outside. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry and First World War
soldiers with PTSD  to the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World  Threads of Life stretches
from medieval France to contemporary Mexico  from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in
Scotland. It is a chronicle of identity  protest  memory  power and politics told through the
stories of the men and women  over centuries and across continents  who have used the language
of sewing to make their voices heard  even in the most desperate of circumstances. In an
eloquent blend of history and memoir  Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the
need we all have to tell our story. 'Threads of Life is a beautifully considered book . . .
Clare Hunter mixes the personal with the political with moving results.' TRACY CHEVALIER

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