The Lace Makers

By Kate Ingersoll

April 10, 1865: Sapphire Settler is an eight-year-old girl living in Lincoln County, Tennessee as the Civil War nears its end. Born into slavery, she knows nothing of freedom except for the ancestral stories she hears from her mother and the gift of an illegal education she receives from the Master's wife. Emancipation is on the horizon, but Sapphire is unsure of what that means for her family who has lived and died for generations on the Settler Plantation. April 14, 1945: Karin Vogel has endured most of World War II as a political prisoner in numerous Nazi concentration camps. On the day before the liberation of Bergen Belsen, Karin's spirit is nearly broken as she sits by her friend's side, waiting for Simka's baby to be born. Recalling the horrors she has endured at the hands of the Nazi guards, Karin unravels the story of her mother's courage and extraordinary sacrifice so that her daughter might survive. THE LACE MAKERS bridges the gap between slavery and the Holocaust, interweaving Sapphire and Karin's narratives into a vivid account of two young girls who both live in diverse experiences of bondage, yet anticipate the hope of imminent freedom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514897148
• ISBN13: 9781514897140
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"