Yarn: Remembering the Way Home

A memoir of crossing cultures, losing love and finding home by a New York Times Notable author in her prime. From the flawed school mittens made in her native Japan, where needlework is used as a way to prepare women for marriage and silence, to the beautiful unmatched patterns of cardigans, hats and shawls made in the American Midwest, Kyoko draws the connection between knitting and the new life she tried to establish in the United States. From the suicide of her mother to the last empty d...