Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Year: 2005
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Fiction, Historical fiction, Chick lit
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9780739458815
9780743286572
0739458817
074328657X |
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When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the tenor of the holiday is far from certain. Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter, has her own reasons for preferring a quiet, even subdued, Christmas. Her young friend Sarah McClure, however, takes the opposite view and decides to deck the halls brightly. As she explores the trunks packed with Bergstrom family decorations that haven't been touched in more than fifty years, Sarah discovers a curious Christmas quilt. Begun in seasonal fabrics and patterns, the quilt remains unfinished.
Sylvia reveals that the handiwork spans several generations and a quartet of Bergstrom quilters -- her great aunt, her mother, her sister, and herself. As she examines the array of quilt blocks each family member contributed but never completed, memories of Christmases past emerge.
At Elm Creek Manor, Christmas began as a celebration of simple virtues -- joy and hope buoyed by the spirit of giving. As each successive generation of Bergstroms lived through its unique trials -- the antebellum era, the Great Depression, World War II -- tradition offered sustenance even during the most difficult times. For Sylvia, who is coping with the modern problem of family dispersed, estranged, or even forgotten, reconciliation with her personal history may prove as elusive as piecing the Christmas Quilt.
Elm Creek Manor is full of secrets, from a Christmas tree with unusual properties to the sublime Bergstrom strudel recipe. Sylvia's tales at first seem to inform her family legacy but ultimately illuminate far more, from the importance of women's art to its place in commemorating our shared experience, at Christmastime and in every season.
This book is part of the "Elm Creek Quilts" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Giving Quilt"
First published in 2012
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 | "Sonoma Rose"
First published in 2012
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 | "The Union Quilters"
First published in 2011
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 | "The Wedding Quilt"
First published in 2011
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 | "The Aloha Quilt"
First published in 2010
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 | "A Quilter's Holiday"
First published in 2009
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 | "Circle of Quilters"
First published in 2006
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 | "The Sugar Camp Quilt"
First published in 2005
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 | "The Master Quilter"
First published in 2004
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 | "The Quilter's Legacy"
First published in 2003
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 | "The Runaway Quilt"
First published in 2002
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 | "Round Robin"
First published in 2000
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