Over 100,000 copies sold'A tapestry of strong characters and accomplished writing' Herald ScotlandIt is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her.More than a hundred years after his grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams. He starts to unpick the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.

The Sewing Machine has sold over 100k ebooks to date. This is the first time it has been made available as a trade paperback. It topped the Amazon ebook chart in Australia, and has consistently placed in the top 20 on Amazon.co.uk's 'Women's Historical Fiction' charts. There has been significant rights interest, including a five-figure German translation deal, a Greek translation deal, and rights sold for audiobook and large print editions. It has garnered over 250 reviews on Amazon.co.uk and has been rated over 3,000 times on Goodreads. The author will be available for events around publication. For fans of The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce, Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland.

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Natalie Fergie is a textile enthusiast, and has spent the last ten years running a one-woman dyeing business, sending parcels of unique yarn and thread all over the world. Before this she had a career in nursing. She lives near Edinburgh.

www.nataliefergie.com@NatalieSFergie

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In this bestselling novel, an old sewing machine holds the key to one family's secrets over four generations.