A Quilter's Holiday

Name: A Quilter's Holiday
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
ISBN: 9781470331825

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

Series: Elm Creek Quilts #15

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/21/2012

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays in this heartwarming Christmas story from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. 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. An early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in heavy snow as 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.

About Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-five novels, including critically acclaimed historical fiction and the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series. She, her husband, and their two sons call Madison, Wisconsin, home.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean

I'm either getting a bit tired of the Elm Creek series or Chiaverini is getting a bit tired of writing them. Much of what is in this book is in several of her past novels; and I'm not sure this book even qualifies as a novel. There was some new stories about some her characters, but not that interes......more

Goodreads review by Andrea

This is book 15 in the Elm Creek Quilters series, and I really like how Jennifer changed things up from some of the previous books. This one takes the focus away from Sylvia and puts it on the ladies that come to the manor to quilt. I loved everyone's stories. Gwen, Gretchen, Diane as well as the new......more

Goodreads review by Yazlina

When I finished the first chapter, it was about Sarah, I thought this book has loads of potential to be very entertaining. Mid way into the third chapter, I lost hope, just carried on reading.......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen

This was the Christmas special of a series that I don't read, so it was surprising in many ways. I was looking for a very low stakes holiday story (the quilters have to block a beautiful prize to save the church fair, perhaps), and this was not that. Instead, there were snow storms, car crashes, lon......more

Goodreads review by Judy

I used to like this series of books, but they have become too predictable as the series has gone on. I grabbed this book from the library thinking, "Hey, it's a Christmas book and I'm in the Christmas spirit." Well, thankfully, I'm actually in the Christmas spirit because otherwise I wouldn't have f......more