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02200aam a22003615 4500 001 BB9B24FE2B4D11EDAE97EC5451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220903010016 008 220720s2022 xx 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1525899783 : PAP 020 $a 9781525899782 : PAP 040 $d SILO 050 $a PS 082 $a 813 100 $a Edwards, Shaunna J./ Richman, Alyson 245 04 $a The Thread Collectors / Shaunna J. Edwards. 264 1 $a Ontario $b Harlequin Books $c 2022 300 $a 384 p. ; 520 $a 1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army. Bound to a man who would kill her if he knew of her clandestine activities, Stella has to hide not only her efforts but her love for William, a Black soldier and a brilliant musician. 520 $a Meanwhile, in New York City, a Jewish woman stitches a quilt for her husband, who is stationed in Louisiana with the Union Army. Between abolitionist meetings, Lily rolls bandages and crafts quilts with her sewing circle for other soldiers, too, hoping for their safe return home. But when months go by without word from her husband, Lily resolves to make the perilous journey South to search for him. 520 $a As these two women risk everything for love and freedom during the brutal Civil War, their paths converge in New Orleans, where an unexpected encounter leads them to discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us. Loosely inspired by the authors' family histories, this stunning novel will stay with readers for a long time. 650 $a Historical Fiction $x Fiction. 650 $a Civil War $x Fiction. 650 $a Adult Fiction $x Fiction. 941 $a 7 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012614.0 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20230727013008.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20230113114911.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20221231010821.0 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20221213011138.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20221104012108.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20220903011618.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB9B24FE2B4D11EDAE97EC5451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search