From New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick comes a beautiful novel of sisterhood lost and foundβand of the ways we create the rich tapestries that encompass the past and the futureβ¦
The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruffβs herbal apothecary shop, For the Love of Lavender, is suffering. So is her once-happy thirty-four-year marriage to Lee. Theyβd given up everything to come back to New Bern from Boston and start their business, but now theyβre wondering if they made the right decision. To relieve the strain, Tessa signs up for a quilting class at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop, and to her surprise, rediscovers the power of sisterhoodβalong with the childhood friend she thought sheβd lost foreverβ¦
Madelyn Beecher left New Bern twenty years ago and never looked back. But when her husband is convicted of running a Ponzi scheme and sheβs left with nothing but her late grandmotherβs cottage, she is forced to return to the town she fled. Unfortunately, the cottage is in terrible shape. Madelynβs only hope is to transform it into an inn. But to succeed, sheβll need the help of her fellow quilters, including the one friend she never thought sheβd see againβor forgive. Now Madelyn and Tessa will have to relive old memories, forge new ones, and realize itβs possible to start over, one stitch at a timeβas long as youβre surrounded by friendsβ¦
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