Reviews for Things to make and mend

The average rating for Things to make and mend based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-08-01 00:00:00 Jesse Hillis This is the story of two women who were great friends as girls in the UK, bonding over shared silliness in needlework class in school until the arrival of boys in their lives leads to a split. The story goes between their past and the present, where Sally is an embroidery specialist and has won a prize for her art and an invitation to present a lecture to a conference in Edinburgh. She feels very uncomfortable about it, feeling that she is nothing special, and she is also nervous about leaving her teenaged daughter on her own, even with supervision from her ex-husband. Rowena, by coincidence, is also in the city, helping her son move out of his living quarters after university. Their stories unwind in slow, but steady pace, stitching together what has been torn apart by hurt feelings, misunderstandings and the mistakes of youth.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-27 00:00:00 Linda Miller I really enjoyed this book. Each chapter alternates between the two main female characters and tells you about their lives, how they were friends in the past and how events lead to their circumstances now. It is a fairly slow story, delving into their feelings but this in no way detracts from how good it is. A thoughtful story. (Oh, and BTW it has an under current theme of sewing, embroidery and textiles, so if this is an interest of yours you will enjoy the story even more!)