Things to Make and Mend

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As teenagers Sally Tuttle and Rowena Cresswell were inseparable until a devastating incident changed their lives and destroyed their friendship. Now in their early forties and estranged, they are both single mothers and still haunted by memories of their lost intimacy. Sally, a needlewoman ('the homelier sister of Wonder Woman'), works at 'In Stitches', an alterations shop in East Grinstead. Rowena, against the odds, has gone on to 'greater things' as a translator travelling the world. When Sally unexpectedly wins an embroidery prize and is invited to a conference in Edinburgh, she has to leave her teenage daughter on her own and step into the new and intimidating role of award-winner and public speaker. And as fate would have it, Rowena happens to be in Edinburgh too ..