An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
Simon & Schuster
November 2007
On Sale: November 13, 2007
240 pages ISBN: 141654755X EAN: 9781416547556 Hardcover Add to Wish List
As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming
the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time
gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter
Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang
Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look
forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a
late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our
lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her
present happiness, she must face the sorrow hidden in her
past -- her own role in the tragic circumstances that left
her estranged from her sister, Claudia, until it was too
late to make amends.
Vowing not to repeat the mistake with her new
daughter-in-law, Amy, who opposed Sylvia's marriage to her
father, Andrew, Sylvia must convince Amy that family is more
precious than pride. As Sylvia takes up a quilt for the
season, begun and abandoned over six years, she recalls the
New Year's Eve festivities of her youth at Elm Creek Manor
as a member of the Bergstrom family. She titles the quilt
"New Year's Reflections," after her belief that year-end
reflections precede resolutions. The quilt blocks she
chooses commemorate the wisdom that no one can ever be truly
alone if she keeps the memory of those she loved and those
who loved her alive in her heart. The New Year's Quilt is a
novel to enjoy today and to treasure anew each holiday season.
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