Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Unraveling: What I Learned about Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein

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streberkatze's review against another edition

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5.0

This memoir strue just the right balance between entertaining and toughy-provoking for me. I loved how the author interweaves her sweater-from-scratch journey with the exploration of bigger life issues. It never seemed forced. Highly recommend the audiobook version, narrated by the author.
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brynpemery's review against another edition

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5.0

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A powerful memoir about the fibers that weave us together. Peggy Orenstein perfectly encapsulates the anxiety and chaos of climate change, 2020, aging, loss, and everything in between, all through an informative lens of fiber arts, their history, and how our clothes are made.
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5.0

In one layer, this memoir tracks the author's extreme quarantine-era project, described in the title. Along the way, she includes fascinating research about the history of textile and dyes, the garment industry and the environment, feminist and labor movements, and more. And on top of that, she layers many reflections prompted by what 2020 slung at us. Somehow, it all fits comfortably into this relatively short book, in an often humorous and relatable style. You don't have to know or care about knitting to be fascinated by this book!
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