A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry and Hmong story clothes to the AIDS quilt and pink pussyhats, people have long used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances. This book is a chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power and politics told through the stories of needlework. 'Threads Of Life' by Clare Hunter, published by Abrams Press, 306 pages.