An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
Simon & Schuster
November 2009
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Featuring: Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper
288 pages ISBN: 1439139326 EAN: 9781439139325 Hardcover Add to Wish List
For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks
the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm
Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for
loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season's spirit
of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper
is eager to revive a cherished family tradition. A recent
remodeling of the manor's kitchen unearthed a cornucopia
that once served as the centerpiece of the Bergstrom
family's holiday table. Into it, each Bergstrom would place
an object that symbolized something he or she was especially
thankful for that year. On this quilter's holiday, Sylvia
has invited her friends to continue the tradition by sewing
quilt blocks that represent their thankfulness and
gratitude.
As each quilter explains the significance of
her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for
family and friends emerge -- feelings that are also
expressed in the gifts they work on throughout the day.
Diane is thankful for her two sons, who've outgrown their
youthful troubles to become fine young men, but she wishes
they revered their family's traditions as much as she does.
Anna, in her first holiday season as an Elm Creek Quilter,
creates a quilt for her best friend even as she begins to
question her feelings for him, which may have grown beyond
friendship. Sylvia reflects upon holidays past spent with
her beloved, long-lost cousin Elizabeth and wonders whatever
became of her. Sarah, pregnant with twins, determinedly sews
a Christmas gift for her father-in-law, whose persistent
suggestions that her husband, Matt, come to work for his
construction company have created tension in their marriage.
And as Gretchen pieces a quilt for a charity she has not yet
chosen and Gwen completes a project begun by her graduate
school mentor, both women lend their talents to those in
need.
As an early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in
heavy snow, the quilters find new meanings in their
best-loved traditions and new reasons to be thankful. A
Quilter's Holiday is a story of holiday spirit, in its
truest, most generous sense.
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