Deborah Gaal
Author of The Dream Stitcher. National Jewish Book Award finalist. San Diego State University Writer
The Dream Stitcher
The Dream Stitcher’s story moves eloquently between two time periods and places, America in 2008 and World War II Poland.
Hard times are forcing Maude Fields to take in her estranged mother, Bea, whose secrets date to World War II. Bea arrives with a hand-embroidered recreation of La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde, the iconic 11th century Bayeux Tapestry. The replica contains clues to the identity of Maude’s father and the mythical Dream Stitcher, Goldye, a Jewish freedom fighter who helped launch the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
With the help of her pregnant daughter Rosie, Maude is determined to unravel decades of family deception to learn the truth about her parentage.
With Poland on the brink of invasion by N**i Germany, Goldye discovers—with the guidance of imaginary friend Queen Mathilda—that she can embroider dreams that come true. She becomes an apprentice at Kaminski Fine Fabrics, where she gains a reputation for creating wedding dresses for A***n brides that bring their dreams to reality. She becomes known as the Dream Stitcher.
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