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A review by theonewheremonicareads
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
4.0
In rural Kansas during The Great Depression, Queenie is a young housewife and beloved member of The Persian Pickle Club, a women’s quilting circle founded on deep female friendships. At once a family of drifters come to stay on Queenie’s property and a new young woman joins The Persian Pickle Club. The newcomers stir up some dark secrets, and the circle of women will do anything to protect each other.
This book was published in 1994, and I certainly wasn’t planning on picking up a thirty year old book this week, but I saw it at the thrift book store and had heard of it. It’s very short at just about 200 pages, so I decided to give it a go while waiting for a new release that arrived this week. I’m so glad I did! This book was so heartfelt and magical. The female friendships were so deep and inspiring, and the way all the characters come together in hard times to care for one another made me nostalgic for another time. I couldn’t believe how much story Sandra Dallas could tell in so few pages, and I have to say, some books these days are just too long. This was a love story, a murder mystery, and a tale of hope and friendship all wrapped up in a tidy little package. I loved it!
👉🏼 I recommend this book for just about anyone, but especially those who enjoy early 20th century American historical fiction.
⚠️ Infertility, infant loss, murder, mild references to violence
This book was published in 1994, and I certainly wasn’t planning on picking up a thirty year old book this week, but I saw it at the thrift book store and had heard of it. It’s very short at just about 200 pages, so I decided to give it a go while waiting for a new release that arrived this week. I’m so glad I did! This book was so heartfelt and magical. The female friendships were so deep and inspiring, and the way all the characters come together in hard times to care for one another made me nostalgic for another time. I couldn’t believe how much story Sandra Dallas could tell in so few pages, and I have to say, some books these days are just too long. This was a love story, a murder mystery, and a tale of hope and friendship all wrapped up in a tidy little package. I loved it!
👉🏼 I recommend this book for just about anyone, but especially those who enjoy early 20th century American historical fiction.
⚠️ Infertility, infant loss, murder, mild references to violence