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My intention was to read the first 20-50 pages and see if this would be grab a 9th grader's attention. (I'm vetting novels for an English assignment.) That was Saturday evening. I stopped somewhere around 190 pages and finished it the next night.
Attention to detail, character and setting -- I expect that from Tracy Chevalier, and I was not disappointed. The quilting details were right on and those were the ones I know, so I could trust her on the others (for example, Quakers and the Underground ...more
Attention to detail, character and setting -- I expect that from Tracy Chevalier, and I was not disappointed. The quilting details were right on and those were the ones I know, so I could trust her on the others (for example, Quakers and the Underground ...more
Passages that struck me:
“You sit in silence, don’t you? No hymns, no prayers, no preacher to make you think. Why’s that?”
“We are listening.”
“For what?”
“For God.”
“Can’t you hear God in a sermon or a hymn?”
Honor was reminded of standing outside St. Mary’s church in Bridgport, just across the street from the Meeting House. The congregation had been singing, and she had been briefly envious of the sound.
“It is less distracting in the silence,” she said. “Sustained silence allows one truly to listen ...more
“You sit in silence, don’t you? No hymns, no prayers, no preacher to make you think. Why’s that?”
“We are listening.”
“For what?”
“For God.”
“Can’t you hear God in a sermon or a hymn?”
Honor was reminded of standing outside St. Mary’s church in Bridgport, just across the street from the Meeting House. The congregation had been singing, and she had been briefly envious of the sound.
“It is less distracting in the silence,” she said. “Sustained silence allows one truly to listen ...more
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