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Loading... The Quilter's Homecomingby Jennifer Chiaverini
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 10th in Elm Creek Series - history in the West (  )brsquilt | Aug 31, 2008 |   Elm Creek novel - history in the West. Good. (  )brsquilt | Aug 31, 2008 | I liked learning more about Elizabeth, who goes off to California, never to be heard of by Sylvia again. I was particularly interested in seeing Elizabeth and Henry during their first years of marriage. On top of moving to a new place and adjusting to married life, they had to cope with poverty and disappointment. As always, quilting plays a big part in the story being told. And I really admired Elizabeth's willingness to get in there and make things work. That's the kind of woman I aspire to be! ( )tjsjohanna | Jun 2, 2008 | Set mostly in 1925, with an eventually-intertwining story that begins in the late 1800's, this is the tale of Elizabeth Bergstrom Nelson, the cousin of a main character, Sylvia, in the present-day Elm Creek stories. Elizabeth and her new husband leave Elm Creek for a ranch in California, but circumstances aren't quite what they seem. Elizabeth becomes involved with Rosa, a descendant of the ranch's original Mexican owners, whose story is told in flashbacks. Christina Moore has read all the Elm Creek audiobooks I've listened to so far, and does a fine job. Her rendering of Elizabeth's husband Henry seems appropriate, as he sounds as sarcastic and gloomy as the story implies he might be. As with Chiaverini's other books, a number of quilts and their patterns play into the story. A "Chimneys and Cornerstones" pattern (that was also mentioned in Chiaverini's The Christmas Quilt) and a Double Wedding Ring design that are wedding gifts from Bergstrom women must be sold to make ends meet. Elizabeth eventually recovers the former, but the latter appears to be lost. Wanna bet it will reappear in a future Elm Creek tale? (  )riofriotex | May 5, 2008 | 2  The latest book in the Elm Creek Quilters series, The Quilter's Homecoming is set in the 1920's and details the life of Bergstrom cousin Elizabeth as she and Henry Nelson leave PA for a new life in CA. Adversity and disappointment await them there. Elizabeth and Henry find themselves struggling just to live after discovering they had been swindled on a land deal. Henry becomes cold toward Elizabeth and she turns to other people to ease her loneliness. She becomes involved with Rosa Barclay whose ancestors and past are destined to change Elizabeth's life. Although this book is well written I was left with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction since it didn't encompass the characters I had come to know and love in the other books. There were only the barest mentions of the family at Elm Creek. ( )GeecheGirl | Sep 17, 2007 | 0.102 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743260228, Hardcover)A Roaring Twenties adventure unfolds in Jennifer Chiaverini's latest bestselling Elm Creek Quilts novel, another in "a series that neatly stitches together social drama and the art of quilting" (Library Journal).Newly wed in a festive yet poignant ceremony at Elm Creek Manor, bride Elizabeth Nelson takes leave of her ancestral Pennsylvania home. Setting off with her husband, Henry, on the adventure of a lifetime, Elizabeth packs the couple's trunk with more than the wedding quilts she envisions them dreaming beneath every night of their married lives. They are landowners who hold the deed to Triumph Ranch, 120 acres of prime California soil located in the Arboles Valley, north of Los Angeles. "Triumph Ranch," says Mae, a traveling companion whom Elizabeth has let in on the promise of the Nelsons' bright future. "That sounds like a sure thing." But in a cruel reversal of fortune, the Nelsons arrive to the news that they've been had, and they are left suddenly, irrevocably penniless. They are hired as hands at the farm they thought they owned, and Henry struggles mightily with his pride. Yet clever, feisty Elizabeth -- drawing on her share of the Bergstrom women's inherent economy and resilience -- vows to defy fate through sheer force of will. As her life intertwines with Rosa Diaz Barclay, native to the Arboles Valley and a fellow quilter, their blossoming friendship sheds light on many secrets that have kept each of them and their families from their rightful homes. In the cabin where Henry and Elizabeth are living on Triumph Ranch, Elizabeth discovers quilts belonging to Rosa's mother, and in their exquisite patterns recognizes a misplaced legacy of love, land, and family. But her newfound understanding of the burden of loss that Rosa shares with the mysterious Lars Jorgensen places her in mortal danger. Only by stitching the rift between the past and the future can the inhabitants of Triumph Ranch hope to live in peace alongside history. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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