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Mar 07, 2019Inga57 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Book group selection - Kindle Immersion read True Crime Story riveting the nations of Canada, USA, and England during the middle of the nineteenth century. Barbara Mujica says it best: “[Atwood] brings to life not only the enigmatic and fascinating Grace Marks, but also an entire period in Canada’s history.” Mujica also points out the theme of quilts, which Atwood used throughout the work. Grace Marks was noted for her fine sewing skills, particularly quilting. Atwood uses a different quilting pattern for the title of each of their chapters to reflect Marks’s skills and to set a theme for that section of the story. “The novel is structured like a quilt in which each piece contributes to the total image, yet often the image changes form, depending on the angle from which it is viewed.”