The Quilter's Legacy

Zusatztext “This is an outstanding series of novels about a fascinating craft. Quilting! in the hands of Chiaverini! allows us to explore human relationships in all their complexity.” — Booklist Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, five collections of quilt projects, and several historical fiction novels. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin. To learn more, visit JenniferChiaverini.com. Klappentext The Quilter's Legacy follows a daughter's search for her mother's treasured heirlooms. Now in paperback. Chapter One Sylvia supposed all brides-to-be considered eloping at some point during the engagement, but she had never expected to feel that way herself, and certainly not a mere few weeks after agreeing to become Andrew's wife. She shook her head as she flipped through the magazines someone had left on the desk -- Bride's, American Bride, Country Bride -- and dumped the whole stack into the trash can. Unless they came out with an edition of Octogenarian Bride, she would leave the pleading overtures of the bridal industry to the younger girls. Surely she could fend for herself when all she and Andrew wanted was a small, private ceremony in the garden. The door to the library swung open, and in walked her young friend and business partner, Sarah McClure, neatly dressed in jeans and a button-down shirt, the glasses she wore only reluctantly tucked into the breast pocket. She carried a small white box in one hand. "Do you have a moment?" "Yes. I was just doing some light housekeeping." Sylvia gestured to the trash can. "Are you responsible for this?" "Are you kidding? After you scolded me for offering to take you shopping for your wedding gown?" "I'm glad you learned your lesson." Sylvia frowned. Who could it have been, then? All of the Elm Creek Quilters had free run of the office. Summer spent more time there than anyone other than Sarah, but she was not the bridal magazine type. "Diane," she declared. "Just yesterday I overheard her say that this will be her only chance to plan a wedding because both of her children are boys. Do you suppose she forgot the magazines or left them deliberately, hoping I would be caught up in the wedding planning frenzy that seems to have captivated everyone else around here?" "Ask her yourself," said Sarah, smiling. "She and Agnes are coming over to discuss new courses for next season." "Already? Elm Creek Quilt Camp won't open until spring." "Would you rather have them work ahead on next year's classes or plan your wedding?" "I suppose you're right." "You can't blame us for being excited. After you turned down Andrew the third time, most of us gave up hope that you two would ever get married." "If you were disappointed, it was your own fault for treating our relationship like a spectator sport." Sarah laughed. "I wasn't disappointed. I always knew it would happen eventually. In fact, I've been saving something for you for months with this occasion in mind." She set the box on the table. "What is it?" asked Sylvia, wary. "I distinctly said we did not want any engagement gifts." "This doesn't really count." "How could it not count? It's in a wrapped box; it's quite obviously a gift." But Sylvia smiled and unwrapped it. Inside was nestled a pair of silverplated scissors fashioned in the shape of a heron. "My goodness." She slipped on her glasses and studied the scissors, astonished. "My mother had a pair exactly like these. Where on earth did you find this?" "In your attic, earlier this summer when we were looking for your great-grandmother's quilts," said Sarah. "You ordered me back to work every time I got sidetracked, so when I found ...

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• Autori: Jennifer Chiaverini
• Editore: Simon & Schuster USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.06.2011
• EAN: 9781451606102
• ISBN: 978-1-4516-0610-2
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 215 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: The Elm Creek Quilts; Elm Creek Quilts Novels (Simon; The Elm Creek Quilts; Elm Creek Quilts Novels (Simon
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi