{"product_id":"9783730904862","title":"Threads","description":"\"You see,\" said her mother, picking up another ball of wool, men think they are in charge but it is us women who weave the fabric of life just as I knit this yarn into a jumper so we spin the yarn into a bairn in our wombs. Then we spin the bairns into a family with threads you cannot see.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelga wanted an explanation.\" Threads of love\" her mother said, \"Threads of healing and care.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When you were born we wrapped you in a worn piece of silk that came down from my mother. She said it was lucky, a piece of faerie dress she said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou know I kept a piece of the umbilical cord.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What? gasped Helga at this sudden revelation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My own mother kept hers,\" her mum continued. \"It was believed that it was a sacred thing the thread between a mother and a child.","brand":"BookRix GmbH \u0026 Co. KG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183616573680,"sku":"9783730904862","price":1.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783730904862_p0.jpg?v=1763670141","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783730904862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}