'Crewel' is the first book in Gennifer Albin's gripping young adult series. And one hour to escape.īecause tonight, they'll come for her. One hour to listen to her sister's academy gossip and laugh at her dad's jokes. Now she has one hour to eat her mom's overcooked pot roast. Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn't interested. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. Gennifer Albin s first novel, Crewel, explores one girls experience navigating the dysfunctional social and political systems of a completely controlled dystopian society. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she's exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail. Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has always been special. She holds a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Missouri and founded the tremendously popular blog The Connected Mom. Artless.' That's what the other girls whisper behind her back. Enter a tangled world of secrets and intrigue where a girl controls other’s destinies, but not her own. Gennifer Albin is the author of Crewel World trilogy Crewel, Altered, and Unraveled. Digital images available on request.Woven truths 'Incapable. We pride ourselves in this and pledge to address any issue with any of our products or services to your satisfaction. When Adelice returns to Arras, she quickly learns that something rotten has taken hold of the world, and now Cormac Patton needs.

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