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The Persian Pickle Club

by Sandra Dallas

Published: 1996-09-15
Paperback : 196 pages

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Introduction

It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad.

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The first time she saw the members of the Persian Pickle Club, Rita told me after I got to know her, she thought we looked just like a bunch of setting hens. She'd learned all about setting hens that very morning after she'd gone out to the henhouse to gather eggs. Rita's luck must have been under a bucket, because Agnes T. Ritter saw her checking the roosters, and in that nasty way Agnes T. Ritter has, she told Rita just why she wasn't going to find eggs under a rooster. Then she told Rita to leave the broody hens alone unless she wanted scrambled chicks for breakfast. ...

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»	Readers' Guide A PDF document outlining readers' guide questions for all of Sandra Dallas's books.
»	Author Official Website

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"The Persian Pickle Club"by Jeanne B. (see profile) 11/27/12

"The Persian Pickle Club"by Elizabeth M. (see profile) 03/06/12

Everyone in our book club enjoyed reading about the pickle girls that share more than just quilting with each other. Fun read.

"The Persian Pickle Club"by Lisa B. (see profile) 10/26/10

It was sweet. We all liked it but it wasn't a life changing book. It did pose some really interesting question at club and gave us a lot to discuss.

"A group of women brought together during depression by proximity - quilting provides the means for regular gatherings and like a quilt being put together, in the end, we discover the ways the women ma"by cindy n. (see profile) 04/21/09

Quick read, fair character development, surprise story ending. A story of the community of women, which we believe was stronger and more tangible in years gone by, though it is nice to think we may still... (read more)

"Second read for our club"by Cheryl M. (see profile) 04/22/08

This was the second time that we chose this book for our club. It was the first book we read and we enjoyed it so much we decided to read it again. Everyone enjoyed the light read and the twist ending.... (read more)

"The Persian Pickle Club is a group of ladies in 1930 Kansas that get together once and week and quilt."by Kathy H. (see profile) 12/09/07

The Persian Pickle Club is a group of ladies in 1930 Kansas that get together once and week and quilt.
When they find one of the husbands (who has been missing) murdered, the club comes t
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"The deprivations of Depression-era Kansas are contrasted with the abundance of the friendships"by Shirley W. (see profile) 02/04/07

The group of women who form a quilting bee in this novel are not unlike many present-day book clubs! Their friendships and conflicts kept me interested as well as the twists and surprises in the plot.... (read more)

"Very Enjoyable Book"by S M. (see profile) 10/24/06

My book club read this last summer. We all enjoyed it. A little mystery, a little history, a wonderful narrator, and a great ending :-)

Honestly, not an award winning book but one that is

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"All members found reading the book enjoyable. One would not recommend it highly."by Katharine P. (see profile) 10/20/06

Northglenn Reads enjoyed this book. Some of us are from the midwest and we recognized the characters. We found Harveyville on the map, and talked a little about Mattie Spenser, another Dalla... (read more)

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