Title The thread collectors : a novel / Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman.

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, 2022.

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2956943~S1

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Description	370 pages ; 24 cm
Note	Includes reader's guide.
Summary	In 1863, a young black woman, who embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army, crosses paths with a Jewish seamstress who helps her discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us.
Audience	Adult Brodart.
	Adult Brodart.
Subject	African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction.
	Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Missing in action -- Fiction.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Fiction.
	Sewing -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
	Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Fiction.
	New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
Genre	Historical fiction.
Added Author	Richman, Alyson, author.
ISBN	9781525804823 (hardcover)
	1525804820 (hardcover)
	9781525899782 (paperback)
	1525899783 (paperback)

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