A review by jteachyoga
The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards, Alyson Richman

I love historical fiction about certain chapters in history: WWII, Communist Europe, Civil War, Civil Rights. Set in the south at the time of the Civil War, The Thread Collectors is the story of love and friendship between unlikely characters: a Black slave who runs away to enlist and a white Jew from NY who volunteers to prove himself worthy of his wife. Both men are musicians and bond through their music. Both love their women fiercely and yearn to survive the war. While I admired the characters and their determination to survive in the face of adversity and contribute to the war efforts in their own ways, I found the details of the story too repetitive.