Irene Latham. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2010.  240 pp. (Hardback). Although she lived just more than a hundred miles from Gee’s Bend, Ala., Irene Latham had never been there and had certainly never viewed the famous quilts produced by the residents of the tiny town. She loved textiles, however, and decided to attend an exhibit of Gee’s Bend quilts…