The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #8)

The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #8)
by Jennifer Chiaverini

The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #8)
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Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 0739458817
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Book Review: Sylvia remembers Christmases past.....
Summary: 4 Stars

In the beginning of the book it is Christmas at Elm Creek Manor. Sylvia is not up to celebrating a lot, and yet her young assistant Sara wants to go all out and decorate. Sylvia relents and lets the young couple decorate and get a tree. In going through the attic for decorations, Sara finds an old quilt top that had been done by Sylvia's great Aunt Elizabeth many years ago.

Seeing this old log cabin quilt takes Sylvia back to Christmases past of when she and her sister Claudia were growing up and the traditions they celebrated every year as a family going through the depression times. Sylvia recalls her Aunt Lucinda's Apple Strudel, a traditional holiday treat along with the star that was placed on top of the tree every year.

The book is wonderfully written, focusing mostly on Sylvia's past as a child growing up and the relationship she and her sister Claudia never really had. They never made peace with one another after a falling out and then Claudia passed on. This is why Sylvia is trying to encourage Sara and Matt to go spend Christmas with her mother so that the two can finally gain a love and understanding with each other.

Summary of The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #8)

When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the tenor of the holiday is far from certain. Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter, has her own reasons for preferring a quiet, even subdued, Christmas. Her young friend Sarah McClure, however, takes the opposite view and decides to deck the halls brightly. As she explores the trunks packed with Bergstrom family decorations that haven't been touched in more than fifty years, Sarah discovers a curious Christmas quilt. Begun in seasonal fabrics and patterns, the quilt remains unfinished.

Sylvia reveals that the handiwork spans several generations and a quartet of Bergstrom quilters -- her great aunt, her mother, her sister, and herself. As she examines the array of quilt blocks each family member contributed but never completed, memories of Christmases past emerge.

At Elm Creek Manor, Christmas began as a celebration of simple virtues -- joy and hope buoyed by the spirit of giving. As each successive generation of Bergstroms lived through its unique trials -- the antebellum era, the Great Depression, World War II -- tradition offered sustenance even during the most difficult times. For Sylvia, who is coping with the modern problem of family dispersed, estranged, or even forgotten, reconciliation with her personal history may prove as elusive as piecing the Christmas Quilt.

Elm Creek Manor is full of secrets, from a Christmas tree with unusual properties to the sublime Bergstrom strudel recipe. Sylvia's tales at first seem to inform her family legacy but ultimately illuminate far more, from the importance of women's art to its place in commemorating our shared experience, at Christmastime and in every season.

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