The Sugar Camp Quilt
Written by Jennifer Chiaverini
Narrated by Christina Moore
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Jennifer Chiaverini
Jennifer Chiaverini is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-four novels, including critically acclaimed historical fiction and the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series. In 2020, she was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her novel Resistance Women. In 2023, the WLA awarded her the honor of Notable Wisconsin Author for her significant contributions to the state’s literary heritage. Chiaverini earned a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. She, her husband, and their two sons call Madison, Wisconsin home.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful story with such attentiveness to historical accuracy of the time period. I enjoy this whole series. I will read it again and again over the years to come.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I made it through 3 discs and this story just didn't catch my attention. I like the Elm Creek Quilter ladies stories better.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This series is a bit repetitive and predictable. But they are still fun reads.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini Wanted to read all the books in the series and this one sounds fascinating.Dorothea is making Uncle Jacob's quilt. He had a certain design but to her the squares did not make sense.Once you realize what they are depicting the secret will be out. The story tells of the times before the war when slaves were owned by others.She hopes to get the quilt done for Christmas day to surprise him. She really labored over it and he didn't seem to appreciate her best work.The women are also involved in album blocks where everybody signs a section of muslin. It is also known as chimney sweep and they are hoping to get 80 blocks.Days later she notices the quilt is not on the back of the rocking chair. Silas had given her a gift-silver comb and mirror and she will treasure it.Her uncle is acting differently than normal and is making more trips to the camp and she watches for clues as to what is going on...Loved the chat about the maples and how they were tapped back then. So many mysteries, loved the clues and following the trails.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I've read several books in Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilts series and all of them up until now have centered on Sylvia Compson and friends in modern-day Elm Creek, Pennsylvania who have a quilting retreat. This book is a deviation from that pattern. It is set in Elm Creek, but it deals with a period prior to the American Civil War when slaves were making their escape via the Underground Railroad. Dorothea Granger is the main character. She and her parents live with her uncle Jacob who asks her to quilt a most unusual pattern that makes no sense to her. She tries to correct the pattern, but he is very insistent that she follow the pattern. She later discovers that the quilt was a map to direct escaped slaves to the next safe haven on the underground railroad. There are some other threads running in the book including Dorothea's replacement as teacher by a man with a criminal record and fundraising for a new library. It's a quite pleasant historical novel, even if I was slightly disappointed that I didn't get to visit with Sylvia and friends.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good! A quilt is used to show guests on underground railroad the path to the next station.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the first book in the series I have read. I didn't expect much from it, but was surprised at how I was sucked into the story. Good read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Long before Elm Creek Quilts opened for business, quilting played a role in local history. Schoolteacher Dorothea Granger and her parents live on her uncle's farm after the failure of their utopian farm venture. Dorothea naively believes that all of Creek's Crossing's polite society shares her family's social ideals, including abolitionist views. As the events of the book unfold, Dorothea learns just how mistaken she has been. The Runaway Quilt is my favorite of the Elm Creek Quilts books I've read so far, and I looked forward to revisiting some of the characters who were introduced in that book. Set in about 1850, the events of The Sugar Camp Quilt precede The Runaway Quilt by a few years. I didn't love The Sugar Camp Quilt quite as much as The Runaway Quilt, but it was still an absorbing read with its mixture of danger and romance. Jane Austen's readers will immediately recognize where the romance part of the story is headed.This book is tied to the Elm Creek Quilts series primarily by location. It can easily be read as a stand-alone and, with its historical setting, it may appeal to a broader range of readers than do other books in this series.