• Persian Pickle Club

  • By: Sandra Dallas
  • Narrated by: Ali Ahn
  • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (373 ratings)

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Persian Pickle Club

By: Sandra Dallas
Narrated by: Ali Ahn
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Publisher's summary

The best-selling author of Alice’s Tulips and other popular novels, Sandra Dallas exhibits a well-honed talent for evoking the past. In The Persian Pickle Club, Dallas transports listeners to 1930s Kansas, where a club of quilters welcomes a new member—and then must turn to each other for support when a startling secret comes to light.

©1995 Sandra Dallas (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

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"A colorful exploration of Depression-era Kansas and the meaning of friendship.”( New York Times Book Review)

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One of my favorite from Sandra Dallas

The Persian Pickle Club was the first book I read by Sandra Dallas & I was instantly hooked. This (or any book by Sandra Dallas) is a quick and comfortable read. I love how she weaves small, day to day, things from the time setting into her work. There are some really great references to the Depression in PPC and how it affected everyday people. This book is about a quilting group, but you don't have to be a quilter to enjoy it. I loaned it to my mother and she read the book practically in one sitting since she was so drawn into the story. The characters are well written, historically accurate, and fun to read. Having given several copies of this book away as gifts I can heartily say that I recommend it as well as all of her other books.

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Persian Pickle: Good Historical Fiction Read

If you could sum up Persian Pickle Club in three words, what would they be?

Protective Loyal Friendship

What other book might you compare Persian Pickle Club to and why?

It reminds me of a very mild version of

What does Ali Ahn bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Her voice has a touch of antiquity to it without sounding old, being that the narrator was a young woman in the 1930s.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The edge of my seat came when the narrator and Rita were confronted on the road.

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I love this book.

Would you listen to Persian Pickle Club again? Why?

I have read the book before and I enjoyed listening to it this time.

What did you like best about this story?

How loyal the members of the Persian Pickle Club are to one another. I love how they kept confidences.

Which scene was your favorite?

Where the Road to Californi' quilt is left for Queenie and the final scene.

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Loved the book

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Good readc v v

loved sewing quilts, and imagining new ones while listening to this. good company. highly recom mend.

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Excellent

Great story to listen to while doing handwork. It makes the time fly by while working. I found myself smiling at the tight friendship.

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A bond between women

I absolutely loved this story. Friendship and trust between women. How strangers regardless of differences form bonds that change your life forever. How each friend me make opens a world for us that had we not met them would never have existed… Wonderful story.

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Interesting story

I loved it. It held my attention. I highly recommend giving this book a try.

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Cool club

What a great club to be part of! Makes you miss simpler times. Was an easy read and liked the characters.

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The Binding ties of Quilters.

I love this book. We read it out loud at our little sewing circle with my mother and her two sisters. So, it conjures up sweet memories of laughing together and sewing together. To this day, we greet each other saying "hi pickle!"

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Heartwarming

This book is so good. I love the story of these women looking out for each other through the depression and dust bowl time in Kansas. Heartwarming!

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