NEW YEAR’S QUILT An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini, the eleventh of the twenty-four books in the Elm Creek. The beauty of this book and the others is the ability of the writer to blend the life of one woman, the life lessons of others, and the art of quilt making in a historical setting. When does a book stop being historical?
It is the making of a New Year’s Quilt by Silvia, the main character, that is the basis of this novel, upon completion it will be presented to her step-daughter who is against her father, Andrew, marrying Sylvia. They know she will be very angry when she learns they are married.
If you have been reading these books in order of publication, starting with THE QUILTERS APPRENTICE, you know that each book reveals information regarding Sylvia’s past that sheds life on her present personality. I appreciated learning the story behind the New Year’s Quilt; readers of the other books will go “ooohhhh!” Will the quilt be finished in time, to present it to her new step-daughter?
The bigger question: How does Andrew and Sylvia get past an adult daughter’s rejection of their marriage? Especially since she does not know, the purpose of the visit is to reveal the wedding which occurred Christmas. So what happened? The reader may like it or not like it, depending on how they feel about senior citizens getting married and how much influence children should have in their parents’ lives.
I will be reading The Winding Ways Quilt next, after I finish a few others. Will I be able to read the other 13 books before the end of the year? My reading list gets longer and longer.
WRITTEN by Marsha L Floyd
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