Patchwork: Conversation Between Generations

by Carol Wilson-Mack

Overview

"Patchwork" represents the stories and lives of women living in rural Bamberg, South Carolina during a time period of approximately 1939-1959. These God-centered women created an atmosphere that allowed the participants to help their families. Quilting was their point of focus; however this activity provided an opportunity to share their challenging stories.

Patchwork encourages us to find a way to bridge the gap between generations by sharing helpful information through conversation. Both groups the youth and the elder must be open to a two-way conversation. Being the elder does not mean you have a monopoly on teaching, the youth also have something to say. "Patchwork" says we should have the conversation.

"Inspiring intergenerational dialog about all subjects,

big and small, comfortable and painful."

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 Stars Reviewed by C.S. Holmes for IndieReader

"The quilts included not only love but sorrow turned to joy

through the prayers laid on each unique quilt."

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 Star Reviewed by

Rachel Dehning-Manhattan Book Review

"Each chapter is dedicated to the story of one of the ladies in the group.

And each story is so unique and thought-provoking."

- Rating: 4 / 5 Star Reviewed by Kristi Elizabeth-Portland Book Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951775438
Publisher:	ReadersMagnet
Publication date:	07/10/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	90
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Carol Wilson-Mack holds a Master's Degree in Communication Arts from New York Institute of Technology. She is a graduate of The Long Ridge Writers' Group. She completed a Doctoral Study in Divinity under the leadership of Dr. Arthur Belanger with the Open Bible Institute and Theology Seminary (2016). She has produced stage productions of Samuel French plays & is a stage play and film script writer. Several of her scripts have been in production in Baldwin, N.Y., Newark N.J., New York City and Bronx N.Y. She is the author of "Fan Loyalty," a tribute to the late Brook Benton.

Editorial Reviews

2021-02-08
A novel tells the story of a Christian women’s group over the course of four decades.

The tale of the informal social group that forms the heart of Wilson-Mack’s brief book begins in South Carolina in 1939 with a woman named Anna “Ma” Kirkland-Wilson and her “supporting consultant,” Grandma Carrie. The two cohorts are often called “Beacons of Hope” by distressed women seeking their counsel. The consolations they offer the people who come to them are firmly planted in their collective Christian faith. “God gives hope to us when we think that we have nothing to hold on to,”Ma says. “Hope allows us an opportunity to move to our next step.” These two grandmothers, readers are told, are also “daughters, sisters, wives, aunts, and teachers,” and they’re “adept at organizing and leading.” In the author’s warm, gentle narration, the years roll by, different characters move in and out of the spotlight, and personal crises develop and are dealt with and prayed over. As each chapter delivers a new dilemma and a fresh dramatic vignette, revealing an additional aspect of small-town Southern life, readers are given a surprisingly shrewd and wide-ranging view of a variety of social issues, from coping with the crudities of race relations to raising strong-willed grandchildren. Readers of similar books, especially Helen Hooven Santmyer’s beloved 1982 novel, “...And Ladies of the Club,” will know the women’s club template well. They’ll appreciate how smoothly and empathetically Wilson-Mack unrolls these stories and weaves them together into a narrative in which readers gradually get to know most of these characters. And the author's Christian readers will very much appreciate the smart, real-world tone in which she relates the unfolding lives of her main players over the years. These women don’t live in a rose-colored world; their friendship and faith help them get through some believably rendered tough times.

A heartwarming tale of women embracing their Christian faith and aiding others.

Kirkus Reviews