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Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America
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About Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets Of A Mother And
Product Description Did you and your parent ever keep a secret that lasted a lifetime? When Hanna Perlstein and her mother, Sidonia, come to Springfield, Massachusetts from a displaced persons camp after World War II, they know no one in America. With no other family, except each other, they build a world that revolves around Sidonia’s extraordinary talent with a needle and thread to create beautiful garments while Hanna serves as her dutiful model. As Sidonia becomes well-known in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut for her remarkable sewing talent, she continues to keep her inner secrets about her past hidden not only from her daughter but from everyone else. Determined to craft a life of pride, self-reliance and perseverance, Sidonia teaches her daughter to “stand up straight” in fashion and in life. Sidonia’s Thread uses sewing metaphors to tell the tale of these two women as though stitched together like a handmade garment. Why did Sidonia keep these significant life secrets, and why was Hanna so afraid to ask about them? When Sidonia moves to elderly housing, Hanna steals some of her old letters and photographs hoping to find clues to her paternity, her mother’s reclusive behavior, and her heritage. Combined with a trip to her mother’s Hungarian homeland and a phone conversation with her father, Hanna’s surprising discoveries inspire a revised view of her life with her mother, replacing her conflicting emotions toward her mother with true reverence. Review "Sidonia's Thread is the unraveling and telling of one woman's remarkable survival. It is a highly readable story that is not to be missed. Sidonia's Thread is one of those books that the reader will not be able to put down until the last word is read and the book put aside. The writing is superb and the characters spring to life in the book's pages." - Alice D., Reader's Favorite "As a memoir, Sidonia's Thread is a tapestry woven from stories of the Holocaust, coming-of-age, mothers and daughters, unclear identity, and secrets--the key threads of many woven around the basic imagery of Sidonia as a seamstress."- Judy Alter, Story Circle Book Reviews "The resolution of the mystery and the interesting manner in which the book is written with chapters titled after sewing themes...make this work not only interesting reading about the lives of two extraordinary women, but one more important testimony to how lives were indelibly affected by World War II."- Michlean Amir, Association of Jewish Libraries "...In a memoir of her mother's life, Hanna Perlstein Marcus crafts a story of a woman who kept certain aspects of her life secret, like the hidden seams in the beautifully tailored clothes she made, but created a beautiful life for herself and her daughter in the new world to which they immigrated...Yet while Sidonia never kept secrets from Hanna about her Holocaust experiences or about her early life in Damoc, Hungary, one huge secret lay between them. Who was Hanna's father? - Andrea Kempf, Professor/Librarian Emeritus and Contributing Reviewer for the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle "...The book tells a compelling story of a single woman and her infant daughter who come to the United States from a DP camp after the Holocaust. Framed within Sidonia's experience as a very successful self-taught seamstress, the book reveals a complex yet compassionate woman whose daughter slowly discovers the deails of her mother's painful story. Sidonia's Thread is an important story...for anyone who is intrigued by history, fashion, the workings of the human psyche..." - Lisa Oram, Words for the Wise About the Author Hanna Perlstein Marcus, who was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II, is a licensed social worker who has worked for local governments in various neighborhoods in Connecticut for over thirty years. She holds degrees from the University of Massachusetts and the University of Connecticut. Ms. Marcus is the first prize winner in the
