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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
A quick and entertaining read. It has great characters and an interesting mystery that keeps you guessing. Very heartwarming! I'll definitely be checking out more by this author.
What a sweet little book.
I love how Sandra Dallas writes. Her writing makes me proud to be an American again.
I love how Sandra Dallas writes. Her writing makes me proud to be an American again.
I have wanted to read this one since last year. I should've probably read it before The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (which is my favorite read of 2021 so far). The novel takes place in the 1930s in Kansas. It's the dust bowl and crops are drying up, as are jobs. Queenie Bean (the main character) loves to gather with her friends for meetings of the Persian Pickle Club. Persian Pickle has something to do with quilting. The women quilt and gossip. Suddenly a new member of the community (and the club) reveals a disturbing secret and the women of the Persian Pickle club must join together to protect each other. I really liked it, but gave it 4 stars because nothing is going to match up to The Four Winds.
Hearing that The Persian Pickle Club would be our next book club selection, a picture formed in my mind of what this novel would be like. I imagined something exotic, certainly taking place in the Middle East. I was surprised to find a charming down-home story set in Depression-era Kansas about - of all things - a group of quilters. Though there is a mystery, the heart of this book is the group of women who sit around their quilt frame and are there for each other through thick and thin.
There's absolutely nothing objectionable about this book; it would be appropriate for all readers.
3.5 stars.
There's absolutely nothing objectionable about this book; it would be appropriate for all readers.
3.5 stars.
4.5 stars
In the 1930s Queenie is a 23 year old woman living in a tiny country town in Kansas. Life is tough as there is no rain and there are no jobs. The highlight of Queenie’s week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club - a group of local ladies who get together and quilt.
When Rita, a city girl who marries one of the local men arrives on the scene, Queenie is thrilled to have someone else her own age around and quickly befriends her. But Rita is a different breed to the country women and manages to stir up trouble….however in this small town, nothing comes between a woman and her Pickle friends.
This book was a delight to read, showing Inter-generational friendships at their best. The author also did a great job of making the reader feel completely immersed in the small town country life and you could really picture and feel the landscape.
There was also another storyline that ran through the book that was not remotely alluded to in the blurb, which was a great surprise and I really enjoyed it as it was unexpected. As such, I’m not mentioning it here either so that anyone else reading it experiences the same surprise.
A really heartwarming story about the strength of inter generational and unlikely friendships that was very enjoyable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
In the 1930s Queenie is a 23 year old woman living in a tiny country town in Kansas. Life is tough as there is no rain and there are no jobs. The highlight of Queenie’s week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club - a group of local ladies who get together and quilt.
When Rita, a city girl who marries one of the local men arrives on the scene, Queenie is thrilled to have someone else her own age around and quickly befriends her. But Rita is a different breed to the country women and manages to stir up trouble….however in this small town, nothing comes between a woman and her Pickle friends.
This book was a delight to read, showing Inter-generational friendships at their best. The author also did a great job of making the reader feel completely immersed in the small town country life and you could really picture and feel the landscape.
There was also another storyline that ran through the book that was not remotely alluded to in the blurb, which was a great surprise and I really enjoyed it as it was unexpected. As such, I’m not mentioning it here either so that anyone else reading it experiences the same surprise.
A really heartwarming story about the strength of inter generational and unlikely friendships that was very enjoyable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I loved this book from the beginning. Great characters, well developed. I was drawn right into the time period and the people. I was pretty positive early on about how the book would end, regarding the murder, but it was still fun to read the ending and how that all came about. It was a short book and I really probably could have read it in 1-2 days if I'd had the time. Probably really 4.5 stars for me.
I really enjoyed this sweet book about friendship in a small town in Kansas. I think it will make for a good book club discussion, because I have a few questions myself afterwards. I thought it was going to be a pretty basic story, but there were a few surprises along the way that kept me reading until I finished it. Quick read.
Simple yet amazing piece about the solidarity of women. I found it interesting because the character in the book who you are set-up to dislike is someone who I would normally identify with. She's a college-educated woman interested in a career in journalism who temporarily joins a community of farmers' wives on the frontier. Her quickness to judge these women and her inability to see their true strength was SO obvious in print, that it reminded me to have an open mind in my own life.
Huh. I actually really did not like this book. I was bored - really bored - and didn't get into it at all. It was a huge disappointment, coming after reading Alice's Tulips (which I loooooved.)