The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan WiggsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
4.0/5.0 - I was surprised this book, expecting from the title for it to be about domesticity and craftsmanship. And in a way, it was, but it was so much more. It was about a woman trying to make her way in the fashion industry in NYC, where she develops a friendship with a model named Angelique. When Angelique dies of a drug overdose, Caroline finds herself as guardian of her children. She takes them back to her childhood hometown, Oysterville, where her family still lives and offers to help in her with the children. In the course of time, she realizes that Angelique had been involved in domestic abuse, but from whom? And then she discovers others in her hometown, some people who she known all her life, also were victims. With her sisters, she decides to start a support group, to honor her friend's memory, and try to make life better for her daughter.
I loved the way the story followed Caroline from young girlhood to adulthood, from child to parent, from friend to lover. She had strong dreams, left to pursue them, and brought them back with her. And in the circle of life, in the end, love comes her way.
Pop Sugar #38: A book about art or an artist
Book 44 of 2021
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