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Please join Author Eleanor Bergholz in an official launch of her newly published book 'When Knitting Becomes Nurture'. Praxis director Jessica Pinsky wrote the following forward:"You may pass casually by and think this is another charming "how to" knit book with beautiful pictures and witty tips on how to create a special project. But read just a few pages and you will quickly realize this is a profound insight on how a strand of yarn can connect us all. Stitch by stitch and person by person, Eleanor Bergholz tells the story of starting a knitting group in a diverse neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. Through each narrative, we meet members of this community whose stories are personal, challenging, progressively heartbreaking and reveal the unthinkable truths of systemic racism in our county. But, together in a circle each week knitting turns into a pause in reality, and a foundation for acceptance, healing and friendship. This is a view of poverty and racism that could be seen in any city across America but Eleanor connects us to each individual one intimate story at a time. The accumulation of these stories (much like stitches) builds a blanket of warmth for this community and inspires a radical commitment to doing better and making something beautiful."
Eleanor Mallet Bergholz is the author of two previous books, The Notion of Family and Tevye’s Grandchildren. She has worked as a journalist for over 20 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Cleveland Plain Dealer where she was a columnist. She has had stories published in the New York Times Magazine, the Boston Globe.and various local publications. She is a graduate of The Putney School and Oberlin College. She lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and is married to David Bergholz.
They have three adult sons and four grandchildren.
Please join us in celebrating this heartfelt work.
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