have you read this book?

sewbug · Post by **sewbug** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:59 am

Anyone know this book? I forgot the name of it and would like to read it again. The story is about a young girl whose parents want her to marry a neighbor man with kids but she does not want to so starts starving herself to be too ugly to marry. She starts a crazy quilt knowing she can't get married before having a wedding quilt made. The story is very unusual and is an older book.

sewcarolyn · Post by **sewcarolyn** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:57 pm

sewbug...I found the book that you want

http://www.amazon.com/Nells-Quilt-Susan ... 0374454973
Nell’s Quilt by Susan Terris

Nell's QuiltNell’s problem is that she’s ahead of her time. A wanna-be feminist in 1899, Nell doesn’t get much sympathy from her traditional family when she tries to turn down her cousin’s marriage proposal in favor of attending college. To distract herself from the impending doom of matrimony to a man she doesn’t love, Nell immerses herself in the making of a crazy quilt. As Nell’s obsession with quilt grows, her body shrinks as she refuses both food and support from her concerned relatives. As the end of the book draws nearer, you’re not sure what will be finished first, the quilt or Nell’s life. An interesting historical novel that portrays anorexia in a way that has nothing to do with modern society and bikini-clad babes in Seventeen magazine.

sewbug · Post by **sewbug** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:34 am

Thanks! I ordered the book today.

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