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Title: Silent Friends: A Quaker Quilt by Margaret Lacey ISBN: 0-935153-15-2 Publisher: Stormline Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Summary: Generational Change
Comment: Silent Friends is a novel composed of short stories that details the generational changes of a Quaker family in Iowa from 1877 to the 1960s. The changes that it focuses on are primarily cultural and religious in nature. The Quakers in the novel were part of a very small conservative sect of the religion that existed primarily in the midwest. They attempted to hold on to the older ways of the religion, dressing like the Amish, using a distinctive language that subsituted <> and <> for <> and <>, and worshiping in silence without the aid of a paid minister. As the years wore on these traditions came under fire from younger members of the religion, and gradually, the religion was transformed. This novel does an excellent job of showing how these traditions eroded. At the same time, the book focuses on the personal struggle of what it means to be part of a family, and the difficulty of finding one's place there. Unfortunately, some of the characters are not completely developed - it is difficult to do so in only 110 pages. However, several characters, particularly the mentally-ill Uncle Abner have a great deal of depth. The book was a great read, and it should be of particular interest to Quakers and residents of Iowa.