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The Sewing Machine

By: Natalie Fergie
Narrated by: Angus King, Ruth Urquhart
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It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again.

Decades later, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than 100 years after his grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred unpicks the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.

©2017 Natalie Fergie (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt
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Gentle story about the lives of 4 generations and using a sewing machine to help them in the daily struggle of their lives

Pleasant story about the people & a sewing machine

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I never like to give up on a book but I was close to doing so with this one. I thought I’d get used to the reader but the last chapter was as annoying as the first. I think the book would have been OK if it had been read with some kind of feeling but I just couldn’t get past the dull monotony of it.

Awful narration

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Very well written and read. The family intrigue around the theme of a sewing machine is lovely.

Loved it.

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Jacket cover and summary looked interesting, but it just failed to deliver anything very exciting.

Angus King was a great narrator, however Ruth Urquhart sounded like she was reading an obituary rather bringing the pages to life.
Her male voices were way too deep so she sounded similar to an impersonation of Santa saying Ho Ho Ho.

Rather tedious

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This book was great fun. I really enjoyed it and it was easy reading. I’ll definitely keep an eye open for another of her books

A great little read

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