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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

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Just average

It was an ok storyline. A lot of time periods to keep track of. Not as good as I’d hoped. The narrator did a good job though.

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Great book for this old Singer lover

I love the old Singer machines! This book made me think more about the part they played on n history and still to this day!

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Loved the story

As a lover of Singer Sewing Machines ands studier of it’s history I really enjoyed this book. The reader had a good accent and read it well, I just don’t like to hear women fake the men’s voices or men fake women’s voices. It’s just not realistic. It can be comical or annoying and detract from the storys

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Terrific story

A terrific story that takes you through significant historical events during the 1900's that connect the dots to unanswered questions.

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Amazing.

As an avid quilter, listening to the story of this cute little singer sewing machine, was simply delightful. I didn't even know Singer was in Scotland. The back story, history and jumping back and forth in time was well written and easy to follow.
Thank you for a delightful listen!

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An ordinary sewing machine bobbin...

An ordinary sewing machine bobbin that connects people & events beginning in 1911. It all started with the passion of workers & continues with the passion of families.

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I wanted to like it, but . . .

Scotland, Singer sewing machines, one hundred years of history - this book hit all the right notes and I was looking forward to listening. However, the singsong narration and so-so writing made me quit before I could figure out how all the disparate characters and time periods wove together.

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Wonderful Story.

An amazing tale that I will endeavor to listen to again and again. Thank you to the writer and the narrator for bringing it to life.

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brilliant reader! compelling, wonderful detail

Story moves slowly but the detail is wonderful and the reader is fantastic. Characters from different times who all connect in the end is magical

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I never would of thought...

This book explained a lot of what is in my mind and heart when I think of a sewing machine. The relationship I built with sewing and my mother making my cloths meant so much to me. It took this book for me to remember that. The steike of 1911 at the Singer meant a lot to all of us in this industrialized world. Thanks for putting it all into words and a great story with a few twists, turns and creative prose.
Our story with small meaning machines has rarely been so well told.

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