Review: Great story telling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
“Sewing can be Dangerous and other Small Threads” by S.R. Mallery is a patchwork of well-crafted short stories, all of which have great stories and characters at their centre: We meet a Jewish girl who is less respected by her father than she was by the Russians she fled from at the turn of the 20th century and we read about a century long curse that needs to be broken, about Jews hoping to escape Nazi Germany, hopeful surgeons, ex-slaves and history professors to name half of them.Mallery takes us through the centuries and continents with ease and confidence, giving those mostly historical pieces with a sewing connection as thread each a very authentic feel.  In my view every one of those stories could stand alone, there are no fillers, and they also have each enough substance for an entire novel if the author chose to write them.Moving, engaging and powerful - the core of this collection is superb and so is its prose. These stories are sure to stay with you long after you finished them. This is great historical story telling.