The Sugar Camp Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts) - Softcover

Chiaverini, Jennifer

4.09

6,222 ratings by Goodreads

9781451672824: The Sugar Camp Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451672829 ISBN 13: 9781451672824

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2012

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From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, this riveting novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series is thick with secrets in the years before the Civil War.
History is thick with secrets and Pre Civil War America comes to vivid life in this stunning and suspense-charged Elm Creek Quilts novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini
Abolitionist schoolteacher Dorothea Granger faces the ultimate test of her courage and convictions when the national debate over slavery sets friends and neighbors against one another in rural Creek s Crossing, Pennsylvania. . . . When her cantankerous Uncle Jacob designs five unusual patterns and gives Dorothea an urgent deadline for assembling them into a quilt she reluctantly agrees. But annoyance turns to intrigue when she learns her handiwork contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. As her family embraces her uncle s clandestine mission to help runaways escape to freedom, Dorothea embarks upon a dangerous, heroic journey that allows her to discover her own courage and resourcefulness, newfound qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known."

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Review:

"Some of the most compelling characters you'll ever want to meet."

-- "Green Bay Press Gazette"

"Imparts a healthy dollop of history in a folksy style, while raising moral questions in a suspenseful narrative."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Warm and wise, full of quilting lore...One of the beauties of this series is that readers can start at the beginning or jump to the end. Each novel stands alone, while for devoted followers, each new volume is like a visit with old friends."

-- "The Advocate" (Nashville, Tenn.)

"Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilts books...have become classics of their kind."

-- "The Dallas Morning News"

About the Author:

Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of seventeen Elm Creek Quilts novels, as well as four collections of quilt projects inspired by the series, and is the designer of the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. She lives with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin.

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