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Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad, it raises the historical issue of the use of quilts as a method of signalling fugitive slaves.
Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Sylvia Bergstrom Compson and her fiance Andrew embark on a difficult journey to find her mother's missing heirloom quilts, all the while discovering secrets regarding her mother's life and untimely death.
Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
327 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
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Hannah Lapp, a seventeen-year-old who had been raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, wants to break with tradition and marry outside the sheltered community, but on a quiet night before Hannah and Mennonite Paul Waddell can be married, tragedy strikes and Hannah faces losing her place in the community forever.
Author
Series
Sisters of the quilt volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Can Hannah find refuge, redemption, and a fresh beginning after her world has shattered?
Author
Series
Sisters of the quilt volume 3
Language
English
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Description
When Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community that she grew up in in order to help her sister, she is torn between her new life and love in the outside world and life in the community with her first love.
Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 16
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a difficult divorce, Bonnie heads to Maui to help her friend Claire launch a quilter's retreat, a getaway marked by beautiful sunsets, regional quilting activities, and her ex's plot to claim Elm Creek Quilts' resources.
14) A time to love
Author
Series
Quilts of Lancaster County volume 1
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
15) A time for peace
Author
Series
Quilts of Lancaster County volume 3
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Language
English
Description
While caring for her ailing grandmother Phoebe, Jenny, a stepmother who longs for a child with husband Matthew, struggles to forgive both of them after learning a secret that they kept from her in an old letter.
16) A time to heal
Author
Series
Quilts of Lancaster County volume 2
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Language
English
Description
In town to ask for Jenny's advice about the emotional scars of war, Chris, an English ex-soldier, falls for Jenny's sister Hannah and finds a new life with the Amish, until dangerous events at the farm forces him to face his demons.
18) The giving quilt
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Series
Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Description
When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvia's provocative questions to alleviate respective personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections.
Author
Series
Half-stitched Amish quilting club volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Amish widow Emma Yoder offers quilting lessons, she acquires a diverse collection of six non-Amish students who form bonds with her and each other as they work through their problems and learn to create beautiful quilts.
Author
Series
The quilt chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Three women within the prison system--Jane, a prisoner; Mamie, a prison matron; and Ellen, a prison warden's wife--develop an unexpected friendship, face struggles with staying faithful, and deal with romantic entanglements.