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Author: Sandra Dallas

📘 The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas

In the 1930s, the small town of Harveyville, Kansas, faces crop failures and unemployment. Queenie Bean, a young farmwife, finds solace in the Persian Pickle Club—a gathering of local women who meet weekly to share gossip, hone quilting skills, and support one another. When newly married Rita Ritter arrives from Denver, her ambitions as an investigative journalist clash with the Club’s quiet way of life. As Rita’s curiosity pulls her into a guarded secret, the bonds of the Club are tested, revealing the power of female solidarity during trying times.

First publish date: 1995

Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Sandra Dallas

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