"Honor looked at her daughter and had for a moment that patchwork feeling of being locked into place, and fitting."
Tracy Chevalier in her magnificent book "The Last Runaway".
This book tells the story of an English Quaker woman who emigrates to America in 1850 and who needs to find her place in a new country, community and family, while she is trying to help runaway slaves crossing Ohio on their way to Canada. I love the way Tracy Chevalier tells her story and I love how she also describes the role of quilts in everyday life at that time. I had been especially intrigued by her portraits of English quilts, American quilts and African American quilts, she wonderfully outlines what they have in common (not that much!) and what their specific qualities are. A great read!
