The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas

Film rights to Norman Twain Productions Literary Guild alternate selection. Books by Sandra Dallas (Author of The Persian Pickle Club) Books by Sandra Dallas Sandra Dallas Average rating 3. This is the story of a group of friends in Depression-era Kansas tied together by shared interests in quilting, conversation, good food, and keeping secrets. Martins Press, 20. Dallas hits all the right notes, combining an authentic look at the social fabric of Depression-era life with a homespun suspense story. The Persian Pickle Club BUY THIS BOOK The Persian Pickle Club Sandra Dallas. The result is a simple but endearing story that depicts small-town eccentricities with affection and adds dazzle with some late-breaking surprises. and Rita was a hummingbird'') clashes with her loyalty to the Pickles when Rita tries to solve the murder of a member's husband, in the process unearthing complicated relationships among the women who meet each week to quilt and read aloud to each other. In her second novel, The Persian Pickle Club, Sandra Dallas has created female characters that most have met time and again. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one. Queenie's desire to win Rita's friendship (``We were chickens. The Pickles are members of a multi-generational group of farm wives who meet weekly to quilt, chat and ‘improve their minds’. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. Young farm wife Queenie Bean tells about the brief membership of a city girl named Rita, whose boredom with country living and aspirations to be an investigative reporter lead her to unearth secrets in the close-knit group, called the Persian Pickle Club after a coveted paisley print. Set in Depression-era Kansas and made vivid with the narrator's humorous down-home voice, it's a story of loyalty and friendship in a women's quilting circle.

This entertaining second novel from the author of the well-received Buster Midnight's Cafe could be a sleeper.

The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas