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title: "How to Make an American Quilt: A Novel"
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# How to Make an American Quilt: A Novel

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- **What is this?** How to Make an American Quilt: A Novel by whitney otto
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How to Make an American Quilt: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Relationships abound!
  

*by O***A on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2014*

Their are really only a few characters in this story, however the number of relationships among them are surprising.I actually made a timeline chart of who is who, who loves who, who has slept with who, and who has died.This is an all consuming novel. I read it in two sittings. I recommend it to those who love psychological novels.Whitney Otto is a very talented researcher and author.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An interesting concept.....
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2002*

How to Make An American Quilt by Whitney OttoHOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT is a patchwork of lives that make up a quilting group.  The ladies all live in Grasse, California, a small town outside of Bakersfield.  Whitney Otto wrote this short novel by interspersing chapters dedicated to quilting, in-between chapters dedicated to each of the quilters in the group.  What I didn't figure out right away was that each chapter that described the quilting related to the character description of the next quilter.  Each person was different and therefore each quilt that could be created by each woman, had different aspects to it.I have to confess I found the chapters on quilting a bit dull, and it is probably because I am not a quilter.  I love to look at quilts; I love to feel them.  But reading these chapters on the process of quilting was trying my patience.  However, I understood what the author was attempting to do, to compare a quilt to a group of women whose lives were patched together and somehow made them one.The chapters that talked about the history of each character were very interesting, and I saw how they all were somehow connected to the others.  Reading the book was a walk through history, as the women were of varying ages and spanned generations.  We got to see Hy and Glady Joe as they are now, in their old age, but also what they were like in their younger years.  We saw Anna and her daughter Marianna grow and mature as black women living in a white society.  And then there is Finn, who is the narrator of the book. She is the one that is building this patchwork of people, helping to tell the story of women whose lives are somehow intertwined.I found this book very easy to read, but I didn't find it as interesting as I think it could have been.  I feel the author missed her mark, although I give her points for the idea.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Hope the book is as good as the movie.
  

*by N***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015*

Love the movie. Just now reading the book.

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