{"product_id":"threads-of-life-a-history-of-the-world-through-the-eye-of-a-needle-clare-hunter","title":"Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eA globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1970s Argentina, mothers marched in headscarves embroidered with the names of their “disappeared” children. In Tudor, England, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was under house arrest, her needlework carried her messages to the outside world. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThreads of Life is a chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents—from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, and from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland—to celebrate the age-old, universal, and underexplored beauty and power of sewing. Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we have to tell our story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003ePlease note this copy has light creases and light scuffs on the edges of the covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e9781419739538 \u003cspan class=\"Text Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Paperback, 320 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Spectre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44583333527708,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/threadsoflife1.jpg?v=1789454807","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/threads-of-life-a-history-of-the-world-through-the-eye-of-a-needle-clare-hunter","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}