Persian Pickle Club (Dallas)

The Persian Pickle Club 
Sandra Dallas, 1995
St. Martin's Press
208 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780312147013


Summary 
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use.

When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad. (From the publisher.)