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Stitches was reviewed by the New York Times [1] and the Los Angeles Times. [2] It was a #1 New York Times Best Seller, [3] and was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly and Amazon.com. [4] [5] It was also a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. [6] Stitches was a 2010 Alex Awards recipient.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
The key thesis of the book: "However many characters may appear in a story, its real concern is with just one: its hero. It is the one whose fate we identify with, as we see them gradually developing towards that state of self-realization which marks the end of the story.
Printed pattern books were not easily obtainable, and a sampler or embroidered record of stitches and patterns was the most common form of reference. 16th-century English samplers were stitched on a narrow band of fabric and totally covered with stitches.
Three Thousand Stitches [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The book is a collection of 11 different stories, which she draws from her personal life, with a message engraved in every story. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The main story revolves around the live of the sex workers or devadasis, her determination to make them self-sustainable , and to get rid of the label of dishonor ...
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The riddle was a major, prestigious literary form in early medieval England, and riddles were written both in Latin and Old English verse. The pre-eminent composer of Latin riddles in early medieval England was Aldhelm (d. 709), while the Old English verse riddles found in the tenth-century Exeter Book include some of the most famous Old ...