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How to Make an American Quilt (1991) is the debut novel of Whitney Otto. The novel tells the intersecting stories of several generations of women who together are part of the same quilting circle in the fictional town of Grasse, California. The novel was made into a movie of the same name in 1995 directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring ...
How to Make an American Quilt is a 1995 American drama film based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Whitney Otto. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the film features Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan and Alfre Woodard. It is notable as being Jared Leto 's film debut.
May 6, 2019 · How to Make an American Quilt is a story woven of love and life, stitched together with friends who’ve formed deep connections over the decades. Finn (Ryder), a writer and a graduate student, decides to finish her master’s thesis at her grandmother’s house in Grasse, California.
Oct 6, 1995 · “How to Make an American Quilt” begins with the words, “For as long as I can remember . . .” These words, which open a good many nostalgic memoirs, invariably mean that things have gone on in the same way for years and years, but that now everything is about to change.
The community quilt includes nearly 50 squares embroidered by people who participated in conversations with Ellen Knutson on what it means to be American. Details address everything from racism and disenfranchisement to liberty and compassion.
Jan 1, 2001 · Whitney Otto’s debut novel How to Make an American Quilt is a patchwork of stories about a group of women who share a weekly quilting circle. Each chapter delves into the life of a particular woman within this circle, tracing her arc from young womanhood to maturity.
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An extraordinary and moving novel, How to Make an American Quilt is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience. As they gather year after year, their stories, their wisdom, their lives, form the pattern from which all of us draw warmth and comfort for ourselves.
