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What a tangled world she weaves...

For generations, Spinsters have been called by Arras’s Manipulation Services to work the looms and determine what people eat, where they live, how many children they have, and even when they die. Gifted with the rare ability to weave time with matter,... read more

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  • Adelice Lewys: 16 year old, next Creweler, parents spent years teaching her to lie when taking her tests, but...
  • Josten Bell: Head Valet, revolutionary, widower
  • Cormac Patton: Ambassador, Dirty Old Man, high hopes of being in charge of everything
  • Erik: Maela's personal assistant
  • Maela: Spinster who is part of the new Spinsters' training and takes an instant dislike to Adelice
  • Pryana: Girl from Cypress who befriends Adelice but with ambitions that know no bounds.
  • Benn: Adelice's and Amie's father.
  • Renni: Nurse in remapping
  • Loricel: The Creweler.
  • Rozenn: Daughter of a fisherman in an isolated and relatively unimportant village.
  • Amie Lewys: Adelice's younger sister. She admires the Spinsters and is bright and bubbly.
  • Valery Trills: Adelice's beautician
  • Sebrina Bell: Jost's daughter
  • Beth: Adelice's neighbor. When they were kids, she bullied Amie and was taken away for a time. She was never the same afterward.
  • Parrick: The brother of Rozeen. He was cold and brooding and involved in secret revolutionary activities.
  • Magdalena: Wife of an official at a ball. She can't believe Adelice eats some steak. The other women are eating chicken only. She drops some clues about future plans for society.
  • Mrs. Swander: Amie's teacher who had "an accident" which alarms Adelice's parents because accidents are unheard of.
  • Enora: Adelice's mentor
  • Minister Carma: Functions as something like a Prime Minister of Arras; Cormac Patton wants to replace him.
  • Dr. Ellysen: Performs remapping
  • Meria: Adelice's mother, a secretary
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Romen: Adelice's hometown.
  • Arras: Adelice's world
  • The Coventry: Where the Spinsters live; a walled tower. The higher the room of the Spinster, the higher her rank. Adelice lives near the top.

First Sentence edit see section history

They came in the night.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 1 in Crewel World. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Gennifer Albin (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 16, 2012
ISBN: 978-0374316419
Page Count: 368

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