Jennifer Chiaverini
Autore di Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Sull'Autore
Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She used to be a writing instructor at Penn State University and Edgewood College. She is the author of the Elm Creek Quilts series and four volumes of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She is also mostra altro the designer of the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. Among her most recent works, is the New York Times bestselling novel, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. (Publisher Provided) Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She is an American quilter and author. Her books include the Elm Creek Quilts series as well as five collections of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She designs the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. She was also a writing instructor at Penn State and Edgewood College. Jennifer is also the author of bestselling novels Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, The Spymistress and Mrs. Lincoln's Rival. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Jennifer Chiaverini credit Steven Garfinkel
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Opere di Jennifer Chiaverini
Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts: The True Story Behind the Quilt - 140 Traditional Blocks (2009) 94 copie
More Elm Creek Quilts: 30 Traditional Blocks 11 Projects Favorite Character Sketches (2008) 74 copie
Loyal Union Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts: 121 Traditional Blocks Quilt Along with the Women of the Civil War (2013) 31 copie
An Elm Creek Quilts Companion: New Fiction, Traditions, Quilts, and Favorite Moments from the Beloved Series (2013) 18 copie
Harriet’s Journey from Elm Creek Quilts: 100 Sampler Blocks Inspired by the Best-Selling Novel Circle of Quilters (2020) 13 copie
The Museum of Lost Quilts: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts Series, 22) (2024) 7 copie
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker 3 copie
Elm Creek Quilts Set (1-19) 1 copia
Mrs. Lincoln's rival : a novel 1 copia
4 Elm Creek Quilters collections 1 copia
Elm Creek Quilts Set (1, 3-6) 1 copia
The Quilters Homecoming 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1969-02-14
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Istruzione
- University of Notre Dame
University of Chicago - Attività lavorative
- teacher
writing instructor
writer - Organizzazioni
- Mad City Quilters
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Pennsylvania State University
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Excellent book about a group of women working in a munitions factory during WWI. Who knew TNT was such a dangerous substance. The best part was the story about Soccer as men were fighting the girls were able to play. Multiple issues. It is a longish book but great for bookclub
A very soothing book, overall. The setting is a large old house in PA. Characters disagree about quilting techniques.Sarah uncovers a decades- old family estrangement which she hope to reconcile through the camraderie of a quilting bee.
Very enjoyable, even though I know less than nothing about quilting!
Very enjoyable, even though I know less than nothing about quilting!
Mathematics and Freedom of Expression
Ada Lovelace struggled against her repressive mother as well as fear of "madness" inherited from the estranged father she never met. Her only outlet was the study of mathematics. Her mother forbade her to follow any "imagination". As an adult, her repressed imagination conceived of the possibilities we have only now realized through computers. Very inspiring!
Ada Lovelace struggled against her repressive mother as well as fear of "madness" inherited from the estranged father she never met. Her only outlet was the study of mathematics. Her mother forbade her to follow any "imagination". As an adult, her repressed imagination conceived of the possibilities we have only now realized through computers. Very inspiring!
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 69
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 16,848
- Popolarità
- #1,333
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 630
- ISBN
- 459
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 22
I never had! "Canary Girls" was a nickname for a particular group of munitionettes, which in turn was a name used for women who worked in British ammunition plants during World War I. Canary girls did some of the most dangerous work, filling bomb shells with explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT), which also turned their skin and hair yellow - hence the nickname. In some cases, though, canary girls suffered more serious health problems.
The story is told through three main narrators - April, a former housemaid; Lucy, wife of a soccer (British football) player and mother of two sons; and Helen, a second-generation German who is the wife of the manager of one of the munitions plants. April and Lucy are canary girls; Helen joins the plant administration to be their advocate. All three play for the plant's women's football team, trying to win the (real) Munitionettes' Cup. Other women working in the plant and playing on the team, as well as a few men (Lucy's and Helen's husbands, and one of the latter's assistants), round out the minor characters.
Author Jennifer Chiaverini herself described the book as "Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own" (the movie about women's professional baseball during World War II), and that's pretty accurate. Although I'm not a sports fan, I really enjoyed this story.… (altro)