A Stitch in Air: A Novel (The Americas Series) - Softcover

Magnificently written . . . this novel will delight, inspire, and reflect upon many contemporary issues like the life of women in seclusion. --Marjorie Agosin, Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies, Wellesley College
A beautiful novel, with a plot as intricate and prose as beautiful as the Spanish lace made by its main character. Its suspenseful narrative draws you in and keeps you on edge, principally because its characters and its historical setting seem all too real. Simply wonderful. --Carlos Eire, author of "Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy," winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction
Lori Carlson's "A Stitch in Air "begins inside an enlightened convent in sixteenth-century Granada. The intricacy of the sisters' art of lacemaking parallels the complex time of a flourishing era in Spain as it turns toward the inquisition. Carlson's lyrical and precise prose is pitch-perfect for conveying sensuous textures, rich historical background, and the inner lives of her intriguing characters, particularly a talented young girl of mysterious origins. A transporting and fascinating read. --Frances Mayes, author of "Under the Tuscan Sun"
Stunning . . . "A Stitch in Air "floats over sixteenth century Granada, capturing the intrigues of the Convent of St. Margaret, with its delicious foods and pungent smells of Al Andalus. The characters are very real. Lori Marie Carlson has a deft wit, and she braids intense Spanish eroticism, The Catholic Church, Spanish pragmatism, its multiple religions, its literature, and its art into sheer delight. Barbara Probst Solomon, correspondent to" El Pais"; author of "Short Flights" and the upcoming "King of Paris"
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