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Author Marcus, Hanna Perlstein, 1947-

Title Sidonia's thread : the secrets of a mother and daughter sewing a new life in America / Hanna Perlstein Marcus.

Publication Info. North Charleston, SC : CreateSpace, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. MARCUS, H.    Storage
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY MARCUS, HANNA PERLSTEIN c.3  Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Basement Materials  BIOGRAPHY MARCUS, HANNA PERLSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Basement Materials  BIOGRAPHY MARCUS, HANNA PERLSTEIN c.2  Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  325.1 MAR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO MARCUS    Check Shelf

Description 277 pages : photographs ; 21 cm
Summary "Did you and your parent ever keep a secret that lasted a lifetime? When Hanna Perlstein and her mother, Sidonia, come to Springfield, Massachusetts from a displaced persons camp after World War II, they know no one in America. With no other family, except each other, they build a world that revolves around Sidonia's extraordinary talent with a needle and thread to create beautiful garments while Hanna serves as her dutiful model. As Sidonia becomes well-known in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut for her remarkable sewing talent, she continues to keep her inner secrets about her past hidden not only from her daughter but from everyone else. Determined to craft a life of pride, self-reliance and perseverance, Sidonia teaches her daughter to stand up straight in fashion and in life. Sidonia's Thread uses sewing metaphors to tell the tale of these two women as though stitched together like a handmade garment. Why did Sidonia keep these significant life secrets, and why was Hanna so afraid to ask about them? When Sidonia moves to elderly housing, Hanna steals some of her old letters and photographs hoping to find clues to her paternity, her mother's reclusive behavior, and her heritage. Combined with a trip to her mother's Hungarian homeland and a phone conversation with her father, Hanna's surprising discoveries inspire a revised view of her life with her mother, replacing her conflicting emotions toward her mother with true reverence"--P. [4] of cover.
Subject Perlstein, Sidonia, -2006.
Marcus, Hanna Perlstein, 1947- -- Childhood and youth.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Jews, Hungarian -- United States -- Biography.
Hungarian Americans -- Biography.
Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography.
Paternal deprivation -- United States -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- United States -- Biography.
Fatherless families -- United States -- Biography.
Family secrets.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781466345034 paperback
1466345039 paperback
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