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    The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

    By Jennifer Chiaverini

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    A week after Uncle Jacob's death, Abel Wright came to pay his respects. Dorothea Granger took him to the grave and stood some distance away while he bowed his head in silent prayer. Then he looked up and said, "I have something to tell you and your folks."
    History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the story begins with friends and neighbors taking sides in the abolitionist debate, and as events unfold, an ex-traordinary young heroine passes from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery.
    A dutiful daughter and niece, Dorothea Granger finds her dreams of furthering her education thwarted by the needs of home. A gifted quilter, she tragically loses her hope chest in a flood. A superior student, she is promoted from pupil to teacher -- only to lose her position to the privileged son of a town benefactor. But the ultimate test of her courage and convictions comes with the death of her stern uncle Jacob, who inexplicably had asked Dorothea to stitch him a quilt with four unusual patterns of his own design. After he meets with a violent end, Dorothea discovers that the quilt contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. Emboldened by the revelations about her uncle's bravery, Dorothea resolves to continue his dangerous work. Armed with the Sugar Camp Quilt and its mysterious symbols, she must evade slavecatchers and outwit unscrupulous neighbors, embarking upon a heroic journey that allows her to discover her own courage and resourcefulness -- unsuspected qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known.
    Told with Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical suspense, The Sugar Camp Quilt blends danger, moral courage, romance, and hope into a novel of antebellum America whose lessons resonate with timeless honesty.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateMar 15, 2005
    ISBN9781416588528
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    The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
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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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    • 2/5
      I made it through 3 discs and this story just didn't catch my attention. I like the Elm Creek Quilter ladies stories better.
    • 4/5
      Sugar 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).
    • 4/5
      This series is a bit repetitive and predictable. But they are still fun reads.
    • 4/5
      I'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.
    • 4/5
      Good! A quilt is used to show guests on underground railroad the path to the next station.
    • 4/5
      This 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.
    • 4/5
      Long 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.