The Thread Collectors by Shaunna Edwards and Alyson Richman

Review by

Voncille Wratee

The authors wanted to highlight what the path of the mixed race and musicians might have looked like during slavery and the civil war. Both of whom may very well have not been worked as the average person who was enslaved but worked in bondage nevertheless. This story weaves together the lives of people from the north and the south who may very well never have crossed paths under normal circumstances but the war leads them directly to each other. Stella, from Louisiana, and Lily, from New York, were beloveds to the military men who were stationed together in the same infantry unit in the south. These women did what they could to ensure their men were spiritually protected with their threads given their circumstances. The authors research gave the story a creative plot that featured the themes of the civil war such as political views, slavery, abolition, women's suffrage, colorism, fear, love and hope. Read this book and see what stories thread your memories of collection.