A bold reimagining of the life of a much-loved writer, from the author of RED ROSA and THREADS
In her later years, Jane Austen made a patchยญwork quilt. She folded thousands of tiny scraps of fabric over diamond-shaped slips of paper and painstakingly stitched them together. Kate Evans employs these slivers of cloth to illustrate Jane Austenโs life story. Evans teases apart the threads that connect Austenโs beloved novels, the events of her life, and the fabric of society in Regency England.
Patchwork is a major new work of graphic biography. Kate Evans has an unparalleled ability to marry drama, comedy, and historically imยญmersive detail, bringing Austenโs story to life with fluid, dynamic artwork, at times embroiยญdered onto cloth itself. The authorโs love for Austen shines throughout. Her incredible eye for historical detail โ panes of glass, bits of lace, hedgelaying styles, the cut of a coat or the architecture of a Hampshire cottage โ creates a captivating vision of Jane Austenโs world.
