"The Story of Silk" by Sara Ware Bassett is a story set in the early 1900s that follows the Bretton family in the village of Bellerivre as they learn how to make silk. With the father away at war, Madame Bretton, along with her children Marie and Pierre, take charge of raising silkworms. The family's adventure begins in the mountains where they live in a small cottage. The challenges of caring for the silkworms and the importance of the silk trade will impact Marie and Pierre as they manage their lives while doing men's work in their small village during war time. The reader will see the family's grit as they focus on keeping the family business moving.
The Story of Silk
By Sara Ware Bassett
In a quaint village during wartime, a family embraces silk production, relying on their resilience and ingenuity to tend to silkworms and maintain their livelihood.
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2008-04-09
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Sara Ware Bassett was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party, was published in 1907. She subsequently wrote more than 40 additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. Two of her novels, The Taming of Zenas Henry (1915) and The Harbor Road (1919), were adapted as the motion pictures Captain Hurricane (1935) and Danger Ahead (1921).
Sara Ware Bassett was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party, was published in 1907. She subsequently wrote more than 40 additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. Two of her novels, The Taming of Zenas Henry (1915) and The Harbor Road (1919), were adapted as the motion pictures Captain Hurricane (1935) and Danger Ahead (1921).
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