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Unraveling

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Walnut Creek

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The Walnut Creek Library Foundation’s Live! From the Library welcomes Peggy Orenstein as she presents, “Unraveling.” Orenstein will take part in a live interview and will answer all questions about her book.

In her captivating memoir, UNRAVELING: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dying Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater, Orenstein recounts how, while everyone else was stress-baking and doomscrolling through the COVID-19 shutdown, she felt the inexplicable, unquenchable urge to confront a large animal, snip off its fleece, and transform it, step-by-step, into a cozy, comforting garment. “Learning to shear sheep during the pandemic had seemed like a bit of a lark,” Orenstein reports, “a way to tap into the romance and resilience of an earlier age; to connect with something enduring when life had become so precarious; to better understand, as a lifelong knitter, where my fiber came from; to get out of my house. Why the hell couldn’t I have stuck to sourdough?”

What Orenstein didn’t expect was all she would discover about how clothing has shaped civilization, class, culture, power, or its pivotal role in our environmental future. Or how the ancient skills she learned would deepen her awareness of women’s work or challenge her sense of place and home. She didn’t anticipate that her quirky project would reflect the social justice reckonings of the moment, or that making yarn would help her untangle the knots of her own life.

Program sponsors are East Bay Times, Friends of the Walnut Creek Library, and Minuteman Press Lafayette.

NOTE: Masks are strongly encouraged for program attendees ages 2 and older.

Suitable for:
All Ages
Type:
Book Discussions
Author Events
Language:
English

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