Charlotte Hayes

The Whispering Quilt

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In the whimsical village of Threadmere, nestled among hills like plumped cotton batting and trees spun from emerald floss, memory quilts are more than handcrafted keepsakes—they're living tapestries woven with enchanted thread, each stitch a vibrant tableau of a life lived.  Marlowe Stitch, a young woman with eyes the color of faded denim and hair like spun moonlight, possesses such a quilt, a chronicle of her joys and sorrows. But one crisp autumn afternoon, a scarlet thread comes loose, unraveling not just a stitch, but a precious childhood memory, leaving a gaping hole where a cherished day once resided.
This unraveling sets Marlowe on a perilous quest to the legendary Loom of Eternity, a mythical artifact whispered to weave the very fabric of reality, holding the power to mend even the most frayed edges of remembrance. The Loom resides within the treacherous Shifting Sands Desert, a landscape of whispering dunes that rearrange themselves with every sunrise, patrolled by Memory Moths, iridescent winged creatures that feed on forgotten experiences.
Chance brings Marlowe to Finnick Holt, a charming traveling tailor haunted by carefully stitched-away sorrows. His nimble fingers, though adept at mending seams, fumble with the threads of his own past.  And to Kristopher Hanson, a quiet cartographer whose patchwork map, inked with shimmering prophetic threads, holds cryptic clues to the Loom's hidden location. Together, they venture beyond Threadmere’s cobbled streets, into the Whispering Woods, where leaves rustle with echoes of forgotten lullabies and the air hums with unseen magic.
Their journey will lead them through a labyrinth of shifting willows, down the moth-infested Valley of Whispers, and to a hidden community of nomadic seamstresses, the Keepers of Whispers, guardians of forgotten stories.  They'll face illusions born of their deepest fears and uncover secrets woven into the very fabric of their beings. For the Loom of Eternity doesn't simply restore lost memories; it demands a confrontation with the full spectrum of life’s tapestry—the joy and the sorrow—and the courage to weave them back together in balance.  Dare to follow the threads of this enchanting tale and discover the magic that binds memory, identity, and the enduring power of a single stitch in time.
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144 printed pages
Original publication
2024
Publication year
2024
Publisher
PublishDrive
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