SEWING NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches buttonholes darts. Since she was tiny shes worked in her familys dressmakingbusiness wher... » 

SEWING NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches buttonholes darts. Since she was tiny shes worked in her familys dressmakingbusiness where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. When 13yearold Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncles family inBrooklyn she turns her back on sewing. Never again But looking for a jobleads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Hereshe is still with a needle and threadand homesick to boot. She didnt knowshe could be this homesick but she didnt know she could be so brave eitheras she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didnt know she could growso close to her new family or to Johann the young man from the tailors shop.And she didnt know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talentand herfuture. In Dina the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of hermost engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklynthrough Dinas eyes and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.From the Hardcover edition. «