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Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100743222261
ISBN-139780743222266
eBay Product ID (ePID)1943450
Product Key Features
Book TitleRunaway Quilt
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicGeneral, Historical, Mystery & Detective / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJennifer Chiaverini
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.4 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-057567
ReviewsJo-Ann Mapsonauthor ofBad Girl CreekandAlong Came MaryThe Runaway Quiltis a fascinating tale, exploring women's roles in our past and present. Jennifer Chiaverini will surely garner a large audience with this one., Sandra Dallasauthor ofThe Persian Pickle ClubandAlice's TulipsJennifer Chiaverini brings a new depth and maturity toThe Runaway Quilt,her best book yet. Whether or not you believe quilts were used to signal passengers on the underground railroad, you'll know that the original residents of Elm Creek Manor used the products of their hearts and hands to aid runaway slaves., Earlene Fowlerauthor ofSeven SistersandSteps to the AltarFull of homespun wisdom and the joys and sorrows shared by women everywhere., Publishers WeeklyEndearing characters and pleasant vignettes render this series as charming and cozy as a favorite blanket., "One of the most compelling storytellers I've read.... This is a series that has touched my heart. Chiaverini makes her characters and plots so real readers feel as if they've stepped back in time." --Jean Peerenboom, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThe fourth book in the popular Elm Creek Quilts series explores a question that has long captured the imagination of quilters and historians alike: Did stationmasters of the Underground Railroad use quilts to signal to fugitive slaves?In her first novel,The Quilter's Apprentice,Jennifer Chiaverini wove quilting lore with tales from the World War II home front. Now, followingRound RobinandThe Cross-Country Quilters,Chiaverini revisits the legends of Elm Creek Manor, as Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' courageous involvement in the Underground Railroad.Alerted to the possibility that her family had ties to the slaveholding South, Sylvia scours her attic and finds three quilts and a memoir written by Gerda, the spinster sister of clan patriarch Hans Bergstrom. The memoir describes the founding of Elm Creek Manor and how, using quilts as markers, Hans, his wife, Anneke, and Gerda came to beckon fugitive slaves to safety within its walls. When a runaway named Joanna arrives from a South Carolina plantation pregnant with her master's child, the Bergstroms shelter her through a long, dangerous winter -- imagining neither the impact of her presence nor the betrayal that awaits them.The memoir raises new questions for every one it answers, leading Sylvia ever deeper into the tangle of the Bergstrom legacy. Aided by the Elm Creek Quilters, as well as by descendants of others named in Gerda's tale, Sylvia dares to face the demons of her family's past and at the same time reaffirm her own moral center. A spellbinding fugue on the mysteries of heritage,The Runaway Quiltunfolds with all the drama and suspense of a classic in the making., The fourth book in the popular Elm Creek Quilts series explores a question that has long captured the imagination of quilters and historians alike: Did stationmasters of the Underground Railroad use quilts to signal to fugitive slaves? In her first novel,The Quilter's Apprentice,Jennifer Chiaverini wove quilting lore with tales from the World War II home front. Now, followingRound RobinandThe Cross-Country Quilters,Chiaverini revisits the legends of Elm Creek Manor, as Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' courageous involvement in the Underground Railroad.Alerted to the possibility that her family had ties to the slaveholding South, Sylvia scours her attic and finds three quilts and a memoir written by Gerda, the spinster sister of clan patriarch Hans Bergstrom. The memoir describes the founding of Elm Creek Manor and how, using quilts as markers, Hans, his wife, Anneke, and Gerda came to beckon fugitive slaves to safety within its walls. When a runaway named Joanna arrives from a South Carolina plantation pregnant with her master's child, the Bergstroms shelter her through a long, dangerous winter -- imagining neither the impact of her presence nor the betrayal that awaits them.The memoir raises new questions for every one it answers, leading Sylvia ever deeper into the tangle of the Bergstrom legacy. Aided by the Elm Creek Quilters, as well as by descendants of others named in Gerda's tale, Sylvia dares to face the demons of her family's past and at the same time reaffirm her own moral center. A spellbinding fugue on the mysteries of heritage,The Runaway Quiltunfolds with all the drama and suspense of a classic in the making.
LC Classification NumberPS3553.H473R86 2002
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