The Persian Pickle Club

Name: The Persian Pickle Club
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Sandra Dallas
ISBN: 9781440790843

Author: Sandra Dallas

Narrator: Ali Ahn

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/26/2010

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

The best-selling author of Alice's Tulips and other popular novels, Sandra Dallas exhibits a well-honed talent for evoking the past. In The Persian Pickle Club, Dallas transports listeners to 1930s Kansas, where a club of quilters welcomes a new member-and then must turn to each other for support when a startling secret comes to light. "A colorful exploration of Depression-era Kansas and the meaning of friendship."-New York Times Book Review

About Sandra Dallas

Sandra Dallas, dubbed â€œa quintessential American voiceâ€ in Vogue Magazine, is the author of over a dozen novels, including Prayers for Sale and Tallgrass, many translated into a dozen languages and optioned for films. Six-time winner of the Willa Award and four-time winner of the Spur Award, Dallas was a Business Week reporter for 25 years covering the Rocky Mountain region, and began writing fiction in 1990. She has two daughters and lives with her husband in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Helene Jeppesen on June 20, 2017

This was such a sweet and great book that took a turn I didn't see coming. First of all, Sandra Dallas did an impeccable job of setting the mood. This takes place in the USA in the 1930s, it is hot, the crops are destroyed because of the heat and people try to survive on small jobs and kindness to e......more

Goodreads review by Jim on February 23, 2008

My grandparents and great-grandparents, the Butlers and the Fouts, owned farms probably on the exact land Sandra Dallas places her story. I spent many a summer break helping out on the farm. The pickle club so matches the politeness, rhythm, dialect, and pace of my grandmother's and the extended fam......more

Goodreads review by Karen on October 18, 2023

Catching Up… It is the Depression. It is Kansas. And… The Persian Pickle Club (a quilting club) is very good at keeping a secret. And… Did you know that Persian pickle is another word for paisley? Well, for non-quilters, like me, neither did I. But… This group of quilters has a special piece of paisley......more

Goodreads review by Terrie on July 21, 2020

This little read is my sixth book for March 2020 and all I can say is, "What a delight‼️" Depression time in America’s Mid-West farm land was bad enough....throw in years of drought and it makes life horrific‼️ This book highlights the value of friendship, resilience, & community during a time when......more