Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: Fervent abolitionism rules the day in 1862 Water's Ford, Pennsylvania. So when the local men answer Mr. Lincoln's call to arms, wives are left behind to keep the town functioning. Fortunately, the ladies of Elm Creek Valley have an ingenious plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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Summary: "'The giving quilt' chronicles the week after Thanksgiving-- Quiltsgiving-- as residents of Elm Creek Manor find creative ways to answer the questions, 'Why do you give?'" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Summary: As the wedding day of Sarah McClure's daughter Caroline approaches, Sarah's thoughts are filled with brides of Elm Creek Manor past and present. A wedding quilt is a powerful metaphor, and Sarah is determined that the blocks in her daughter's quilt will display a vivid pastiche of love in all its varieties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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Summary: Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Summary: Bonnie's quilting shop goes out of business just as her divorce approaches. But Bonnie gets a chance to escape when her old friend Claire invites her to Hawaii to help launch a new quilter's retreat at a charming bed and breakfast.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Chiaverini 2010Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: As the wedding day of Sarah McClure's daughter Caroline approaches, Sarah's thoughts are filled with brides of Elm Creek Manor past and present. A wedding quilt is a powerful metaphor, and Sarah is determined that the blocks in her daughter's quilt will display a vivid pastiche of love in all its varieties.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2011
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Summary: "'The giving quilt' chronicles the week after Thanksgiving-- Quiltsgiving-- as residents of Elm Creek Manor find creative ways to answer the questions, 'Why do you give?'" -- from publisher's web site.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD Fiction Chiaverini 2012Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview. Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Summary: Judy prepares for a new job in Philadelphia, while Summer heads to graduate school in Chicago. Bonnie wonders whether she should rebuild her quilt shop, while Sarah learns she's going to have twins. And adding some intrigue, Gwen tries to determine the creator of a quilt found in a church basement.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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Summary: As the nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her live irrevocably changed. Dorothea Granger is asked by her uncle--shortly before his violent death--to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorothea makes a brave decision tol put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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Summary: Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series continues at a quilter's retreat in scenic Hawaii.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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Summary: Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2012
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Summary: As the nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her life irrevocably changed. Dorthea Granger is asked by her uncle-- shortly before his violent death-- to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorthea makes a brave decision. She will put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter Caroline's wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a painstakingly made wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: The Elm Creek Quilters have begun a round robin--a quilt created by sewing concentric patchwork to a central block as it is passed around a circle of friends. Led by Sarah McClure, who came to Waterford, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Matt, a few years ago, the project is to be their gift to their beloved fellow quilter Sylvia Compson. But like the most delicate cross-stitch, their lives are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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Summary: Master quilter Sylvia Compson comes across an heirloom quilt that muddles her heritage. She's always believed her ancestors were active in the Underground Railroad--but perhaps she's been mistaken.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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Summary: In Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years before the Civil War, Dorothea Granger agrees to sew an unusual quilt to fulfill her uncle's deathbed request, realizing later that the quilt pattern contains an Underground Railroad map.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005