Tapestry, Beth Duke
Tapestry, Beth Duke
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Tapestry

Author: Beth Duke

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Unabridged: 9 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/16/2020


Synopsis

Twenty-one-year-old Skye Willis lives in Eufaula, Alabama, a tourist mecca of stately homes and world-class bass fishing. Her childhood friends are either stuck at dead ends or have moved on to accomplish Big Things.

Skye's grandmother, Verna, insists on being called "Sparrow" because she suspects her ancestors were Muscogee Creek. She dresses in faux deerskin, offering a myth or legend to anyone who will listen.

Skye has no idea what to do with her life. She's smart as hell, but she has no faith or knowledge there's something out there she was "born to do." Nor does she know much of anything about her father, who died in Afghanistan when she was a toddler. He and his family are a mystery her mother won't discuss. But when Sparrow sets out to confirm her Creek ancestry through genetic testing, Skye joins in. The results hit like a DNA bomb, launching them both on a path filled with surprises and life-changing events. Skye learns a harder truth than she ever expected.

Alternating chapters between Skye's Alabama life and an intertwining tale of greed, deceit, and control in Texas, this story offers proof that all life is a woven tapestry of past, present, and future.

About Beth Duke

Beth Duke is the award-winning, bestselling author of It All Comes Back to You and Delaney's People. Beth lives in the mountains of her native Alabama with her husband, one real dog, and one ornamental dog. She loves reading, writing, and not arithmetic.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wanda on March 06, 2020

This was recommended to me because I loved It All Comes Back to You, which we read for book club. This story was even better than that one for me. I cried three times while I was reading it. If you care about history and family and ancestry, this is a must read.......more

Goodreads review by (Ellie) ReadtoRamble on April 01, 2020

This was just such a beautiful and heartwarming story of family, ancestry and love. I was enthralled during the whole book and couldn't put it down. Beth Duke's writing hit a chord within me and I loved reading this book so much. Skye is such a realistic character, as is Verna or "Sparrow". I totall......more

Goodreads review by Tisha (IG: Bluestocking629) on December 21, 2023

Coincidences and Grandmas and History, oh my. First I’d like to say that it took me quite some time to get into this book. Almost 100 pages. Something told me to keep reading. I’m so stinking glad I did. What a book! So moving. I love me a moving book. Coincidences. I don’t believe in them. I think e......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on March 31, 2020

I loved this book! This book taught me all kinds of informative, interesting, no, fascinating things about the history of the Creek Indians in Alabama.I live in bell Alabama now, a recent transplants, and never knew about The famous Wichapi stone wall near Florence, Alabama Which commemorates an amaz......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on February 13, 2022

This is the second book I have read by this author so I went into the book with high expectations and the author didn't let me down at all ! Also an absolutely stunning book cover ! This was a beautiful, touching and emotional book to read, I certainly had a tear in my eye when I was reading it. It i......more