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Silk Hope, NC
Tapestry
Who are you Calling a Wooly Mammoth
The Cotton Queen
The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani

Women of the Silk: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama

The Seersucker Whipsaw by Ross Thomas

Play Nice, Calico! by Karma Wilson

Death By Cashmere: A Seaside Knitters Mystery by Sally Goldenbaum

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson

A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton
Denim and Diamonds by Debbie Macomber

Unravelling, Elizabeth Graver
The Fabric of the Cosmos, Brian Greene
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Silky, Leo Rosten
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters

and anything by Cornell WOOLrich, ha ha

The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins
Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper
The Black Velvet Gown by Catherine Cookson
Silk and Shadows by Mary Jo Putney
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring

Family linen - Lee Smith
Dress your family in corduroy and denim - David Sedaris
Sprig muslin - Georgette Heyer
The body wore brocade - James Melville
Flame-coloured taffeta - Rosemary Sutcliff

Torn Lace and other stories, by Emilia Pardo Bazan
The linen closet : how to care for your fine linens and lace, by Michele Durkson Clise
Silk, by Alessandro Baricco
High Cotton, by Darryl Pinkney
Leather Blues, by Jack Fritscher

Dirty Linen by Tom Stoppard
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Pumping Nylon by Scott Tennant
The Polyester Grandpa by Martha Freeman
The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat by Eugene Field