The sweet book weaves the beauty of lace making with the cultural and generational gaps that are often found between mothers and daughters. Summary: In Hungary in 1933, a twelve-year old from Budapest befriends the Halas village family of lacemakers hired to stitch her dowry. The Lace Dowry by Andrea Cheng. Andrea teaches in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the daughter of Hungarian immigrants. 2005. Hardback. 113 pages.
