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The Christmas Quilt
A book of love, hope, and warmth, The Christmas Quiltis about home, about roots, and about "one small snowflake following another, settling on the ground soft like a kiss from heaven, covering Smoky Hollow like a blanket of grace that shines white with goodness."
Reminiscent of Lee Smith'sOral Historyor ofCold Sassy Treeby Olive Ann Burns for its intimate portrayal of mountain life in an earlier day, The Christmas Quiltis a compelling and tender account of seven months in the lives of the members of a family in the mountains of north Georgia. It will endear you not only to its storyline, but to the pictures it paints of Sunday dinners, of picking blackberries, of running train tracks, of a revival meeting, and of Granny creating a quilt for her long-absent son."
Reminiscent of Lee Smith'sOral Historyor ofCold Sassy Treeby Olive Ann Burns for its intimate portrayal of mountain life in an earlier day, The Christmas Quiltis a compelling and tender account of seven months in the lives of the members of a family in the mountains of north Georgia. It will endear you not only to its storyline, but to the pictures it paints of Sunday dinners, of picking blackberries, of running train tracks, of a revival meeting, and of Granny creating a quilt for her long-absent son."
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Thomas J. Davis
8 books2 followersThomas J. Davis is Dean and Professor of Religious Studies at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Joining the faculty in 1989, he has also worked since then with Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation. After receiving a B.A. in history from West Georgia College (now the University of West Georgia) and an M.Div. from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, he earned his PhD in the history of Christianity and the history of Christian thought from the University of Chicago.
Professor Davis has proudly spent his entire professional academic career at IUPUI with his responsibilities split between the Department of Religious Studies and the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture. He chaired the department from 2003-2008. From 2008-2011 he sat as the Thomas H. Lake Chair in Religion and Philanthropy.
Professor Davis’s interests (and writings) are wide ranging.
His academic specialty is the history and thought of the European Reformation. His first book, The Clearest Promises of God: The Development of Calvin’s Eucharistic Teaching (1995), has been called “epoch making.” Another book on Eucharistic thought in the Reformation, This Is My Body: The Presence of Christ in Reformation Thought, appeared in 2008, characterized in review as both "elegant and erudite." In 2005, Davis published John Calvin, a biography targeted for high school students. An edited book that focuses on John Calvin’s influence on American culture, John Calvin’s American Legacy, came out in 2010. Religion in Philanthropic Organizations: Family, Friend, Foe? is an edited volume that came out of Davis’s work as Lake Chair.
Two books on death/dying/grief appeared in the 1990s. By the Waters of Babylon: One Family's Faith-Journey through Illness appeared in 1995. It was optioned by Readers' Digest. In 1999 it was translated into Chinese. In 1998, God in My Grief: The Music of Grace when Loss Lives On appeared. Both works are nonfiction for general audiences.
Davis has published three novels. The first, The Christmas Quilt (2000), received glowing reviews, from Michigan to Florida, Virginia to California. It has appeared in six different print editions, including a Doubleday Book Club edition. The Aluminum Christmas Tree followed in 2005 and received an Ingram Book Company Premier Pick designation. Both novels saw publication in mass-market paperback editions.
The Devil Likes to Sing is the latest book from Thomas J. Davis (2014). It is a quirky fable about the nature of temptation. Philip Gulley has said that it "ranks with Twain for wit and satire." It's a laugh-out-loud book that also deals seriously with questions of self-identity.
Professor Davis has proudly spent his entire professional academic career at IUPUI with his responsibilities split between the Department of Religious Studies and the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture. He chaired the department from 2003-2008. From 2008-2011 he sat as the Thomas H. Lake Chair in Religion and Philanthropy.
Professor Davis’s interests (and writings) are wide ranging.
His academic specialty is the history and thought of the European Reformation. His first book, The Clearest Promises of God: The Development of Calvin’s Eucharistic Teaching (1995), has been called “epoch making.” Another book on Eucharistic thought in the Reformation, This Is My Body: The Presence of Christ in Reformation Thought, appeared in 2008, characterized in review as both "elegant and erudite." In 2005, Davis published John Calvin, a biography targeted for high school students. An edited book that focuses on John Calvin’s influence on American culture, John Calvin’s American Legacy, came out in 2010. Religion in Philanthropic Organizations: Family, Friend, Foe? is an edited volume that came out of Davis’s work as Lake Chair.
Two books on death/dying/grief appeared in the 1990s. By the Waters of Babylon: One Family's Faith-Journey through Illness appeared in 1995. It was optioned by Readers' Digest. In 1999 it was translated into Chinese. In 1998, God in My Grief: The Music of Grace when Loss Lives On appeared. Both works are nonfiction for general audiences.
Davis has published three novels. The first, The Christmas Quilt (2000), received glowing reviews, from Michigan to Florida, Virginia to California. It has appeared in six different print editions, including a Doubleday Book Club edition. The Aluminum Christmas Tree followed in 2005 and received an Ingram Book Company Premier Pick designation. Both novels saw publication in mass-market paperback editions.
The Devil Likes to Sing is the latest book from Thomas J. Davis (2014). It is a quirky fable about the nature of temptation. Philip Gulley has said that it "ranks with Twain for wit and satire." It's a laugh-out-loud book that also deals seriously with questions of self-identity.
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February 16, 2023Going to put this away and try again next Christmas as I wasn't able to get very far this time....can't do a seasonal book out of season!
December 8, 2016
Joe hasn’t been home to Smoky Hollow in a long time. But one day Granny gets a letter with (another) promise from Joe, that he will be home for Christmas.
“The Christmas Quilt” is not as much a story about a quilt as it is about growing up in Smoky Hollow.
Granny, the mainstay of the family, is ill. After she receives her latest letter with Joe’s promise, she decides to start a quilt for him.
I really enjoyed this quietly told, warm Christmas story. Told from the perspective of the main character, a 12 year old boy growing up in the Smoky Mts, each chapter reminisces a down-home mountain memory. There is a variety of both small and large events in a country boy's life; both good and bad. There are stories of summer-time, of hard work and hard play. There are stories about baptisms in the creek, and church suppers, picking blackberries and harvesting the apples.
And there is good old-fashioned American ‘make-do with what you got’. After all, who ever invented tree stands? who needs a tree stand when you have the outdoors and a barn?
“Daddy told Mildred to go and fetch some water from out back, and while she did that Daddy placed the bucket in front of the window, and the two of us placed the tree in the bucket. Daddy had cut it just right – there wouldn’t be any need to cut any of the lower branches to make it fit in.
Mildred came back with the water, and Daddy poured it in. Then Daddy said, “You two go and fetch some rocks now, and I’ll make shore the tree don’t git up and walk away.” So we did that, too, same as every Christmas I could remember since I stood big enough to gather up rocks and bring them in.
Mildred and I went back to the barn, got another bucket, and went to pick some of the good-sized rocks up in our road and up near the main road, filling the bucket almost full – it didn’t need to be all the way full, because the tree trunk would take up some room.
Doing something for Christmas like we were doing made the work seem more like fun. We practically ran back to the house with our rocks, feeling all good about them like it was something special to be able to pick up rocks off the road.”
There are days spent in the one-room schoolhouse, and caring for loved ones' resting places on Decoration day. There are long, hot summer revival-time nights and Sundays listening to the tough, hard-nosed Preacher and quiet, star-filled nights coon hunting with childhood friends like Bobby. And interspersed with these, there are more sobering vignettes about wartime. Bobby’s brother is home with a bad leg and shell shock. And the draft system has begun:
“Well looky here,” Daddy said. “They finally stopped volunteer enlistment. Says here the president has tolt folks that the Selective Service System has to be used to fetch recruits.”
“Reckon folks’ll fight as don’t want to ?” Aunt Lois asked Daddy.
“Put ‘em in a place where they’s people shooting at ‘em, and don’t matter much whether they want to or not. They will.”
A book not only about a twelve-year old boy (turning thirteen) with a busy childhood, it is also a book about a time in America’s past that is forever gone:
“Turned out the Gilmer County sheriff had resigned to go fight. Course, he could, him being awful young to begin with. Ed Rackley’s daddy had been sheriff, and when he suddenly died everybody reckoned he had trained Ed good enough to be sheriff, though Ed had barely reached eighteen.”
Most of all, "The Christmas Quilt" is a story about Granny who never gives up looking for her son to come home. Her unflagging perseverance and spirit shine through this novel, teaching a young boy that what has to be done can be done.
A poignant, touching story that reminds us all of what we most look for no matter where we are; a place to come home to.
“The Christmas Quilt” is not as much a story about a quilt as it is about growing up in Smoky Hollow.
Granny, the mainstay of the family, is ill. After she receives her latest letter with Joe’s promise, she decides to start a quilt for him.
I really enjoyed this quietly told, warm Christmas story. Told from the perspective of the main character, a 12 year old boy growing up in the Smoky Mts, each chapter reminisces a down-home mountain memory. There is a variety of both small and large events in a country boy's life; both good and bad. There are stories of summer-time, of hard work and hard play. There are stories about baptisms in the creek, and church suppers, picking blackberries and harvesting the apples.
And there is good old-fashioned American ‘make-do with what you got’. After all, who ever invented tree stands? who needs a tree stand when you have the outdoors and a barn?
“Daddy told Mildred to go and fetch some water from out back, and while she did that Daddy placed the bucket in front of the window, and the two of us placed the tree in the bucket. Daddy had cut it just right – there wouldn’t be any need to cut any of the lower branches to make it fit in.
Mildred came back with the water, and Daddy poured it in. Then Daddy said, “You two go and fetch some rocks now, and I’ll make shore the tree don’t git up and walk away.” So we did that, too, same as every Christmas I could remember since I stood big enough to gather up rocks and bring them in.
Mildred and I went back to the barn, got another bucket, and went to pick some of the good-sized rocks up in our road and up near the main road, filling the bucket almost full – it didn’t need to be all the way full, because the tree trunk would take up some room.
Doing something for Christmas like we were doing made the work seem more like fun. We practically ran back to the house with our rocks, feeling all good about them like it was something special to be able to pick up rocks off the road.”
There are days spent in the one-room schoolhouse, and caring for loved ones' resting places on Decoration day. There are long, hot summer revival-time nights and Sundays listening to the tough, hard-nosed Preacher and quiet, star-filled nights coon hunting with childhood friends like Bobby. And interspersed with these, there are more sobering vignettes about wartime. Bobby’s brother is home with a bad leg and shell shock. And the draft system has begun:
“Well looky here,” Daddy said. “They finally stopped volunteer enlistment. Says here the president has tolt folks that the Selective Service System has to be used to fetch recruits.”
“Reckon folks’ll fight as don’t want to ?” Aunt Lois asked Daddy.
“Put ‘em in a place where they’s people shooting at ‘em, and don’t matter much whether they want to or not. They will.”
A book not only about a twelve-year old boy (turning thirteen) with a busy childhood, it is also a book about a time in America’s past that is forever gone:
“Turned out the Gilmer County sheriff had resigned to go fight. Course, he could, him being awful young to begin with. Ed Rackley’s daddy had been sheriff, and when he suddenly died everybody reckoned he had trained Ed good enough to be sheriff, though Ed had barely reached eighteen.”
Most of all, "The Christmas Quilt" is a story about Granny who never gives up looking for her son to come home. Her unflagging perseverance and spirit shine through this novel, teaching a young boy that what has to be done can be done.
A poignant, touching story that reminds us all of what we most look for no matter where we are; a place to come home to.
December 26, 2013
A simple, southern tale of a boy coming of age in rural Georgia.
This story had so many parallels to Cold Sassy Tree that I couldn't help but think of the work by Olive Ann Burns as I read this one: the setting of historical Georgia; the unkind-but-acclimatable slang and twang of the region and its people; the overbearing aunt always picking on the adolescent boy; the focus on a grandparent and that relation's private life; a water-downed version of the gospel intermingled into the plot. When the boy nearly got hit by a train, it was a little uncanny.
However, this story had a different slant and slightly different feel - and plenty of sadness, what with two world wars and polio outbreaks and veterans returning home not the same men who'd left. The focus on a prodigal son's return also made for a different kind of story.
I enjoyed the writing, and Granny's gentle wisdom, and the red clay of Georgia that seemed like a character unto itself. All in all, a good, even-paced read - very enjoyable, and I look forward to checking out the author's other work.
This story had so many parallels to Cold Sassy Tree that I couldn't help but think of the work by Olive Ann Burns as I read this one: the setting of historical Georgia; the unkind-but-acclimatable slang and twang of the region and its people; the overbearing aunt always picking on the adolescent boy; the focus on a grandparent and that relation's private life; a water-downed version of the gospel intermingled into the plot. When the boy nearly got hit by a train, it was a little uncanny.
However, this story had a different slant and slightly different feel - and plenty of sadness, what with two world wars and polio outbreaks and veterans returning home not the same men who'd left. The focus on a prodigal son's return also made for a different kind of story.
I enjoyed the writing, and Granny's gentle wisdom, and the red clay of Georgia that seemed like a character unto itself. All in all, a good, even-paced read - very enjoyable, and I look forward to checking out the author's other work.
April 8, 2019
While looking for another book I saw this title and decided to try it. I love to read about quilts. When I started it, I wasn't sure if I would finish it. It takes place in 1942 in northern Georgia. It is written in the first person so I don't know the name of the 12 year old boy who is tellling the story. His granny gets a letter from her son, who left the red clay of Georgia many years ago and has neer been back for a visit. He is coming home for Christmas and granny wants to make him a Christmas quilt.
I really liked the last few chapters a lot. The story had ended, but the last chapters told a little more of what happened to the boy after 1942.
I ended up liking the book quite a bit.
I really liked the last few chapters a lot. The story had ended, but the last chapters told a little more of what happened to the boy after 1942.
I ended up liking the book quite a bit.
December 10, 2021
A heartwarming story of a family and their survival in the war and harsh times.
December 16, 2016
1.5 Stars***
I always like to read Christmas books around the holiday. This literally has the word in the title, but it didn't really center around it whatsoever. It really didn't even mention it until the end of the story.
I wasn't expecting a terrific book. I just wanted a decent and quick read. This was neither of those because it was boring and I had to DRAG myself through the end.
I wanted something that was just a good ol' country story that maybe dealt with quilting at Christmas back in the day. But what I got was just the daily happenings (which in the country in the 1940's wasn't much of nothin' ya hear) and several trips to the church.
I didn't connect with any of the characters. And the story was stagnant from the get-go. If you like books that don't really go anywhere - this is for you.
I'll give it the extra half-star because I did enjoy some of the author's writing style. I've seen country done better, but there were a few spots in the book where he captured things a bit more uniquely than others.
Though it's not enough to earn your attention to read this al the way through. Trust me.
I always like to read Christmas books around the holiday. This literally has the word in the title, but it didn't really center around it whatsoever. It really didn't even mention it until the end of the story.
I wasn't expecting a terrific book. I just wanted a decent and quick read. This was neither of those because it was boring and I had to DRAG myself through the end.
I wanted something that was just a good ol' country story that maybe dealt with quilting at Christmas back in the day. But what I got was just the daily happenings (which in the country in the 1940's wasn't much of nothin' ya hear) and several trips to the church.
I didn't connect with any of the characters. And the story was stagnant from the get-go. If you like books that don't really go anywhere - this is for you.
I'll give it the extra half-star because I did enjoy some of the author's writing style. I've seen country done better, but there were a few spots in the book where he captured things a bit more uniquely than others.
Though it's not enough to earn your attention to read this al the way through. Trust me.
October 30, 2021
The book started off a little slow for me, then picked up about 70 pages in. The book is told in the voice of the young boy (12 yrs old), in the year 1942. Since my daddy grew up in the mountains of Georgia and was the exact same age as the boy in the book (right down to the year they both were born), I started to enjoy it more. I began picturing Daddy as the main character. As I remembered some of the stories Daddy told about growing up, it mirrored closely to the ones the boy told in the book, which brought a smile to my face. Of course, there were moments which had me reaching for the tissues.
While this book may not be for everyone, I think if you have a relative who grew up in the mountains during hard times and have heard their stories, you may want to give this a try.
While this book may not be for everyone, I think if you have a relative who grew up in the mountains during hard times and have heard their stories, you may want to give this a try.
December 6, 2023
I was torn between 3 and 4 stars. The start of the book, I really didn't care for it much. But by the end, I did enjoy it quite a bit. Most of what I read reminded me somewhat of relatives of my own from the Appalachian area of Kentucky. But this was set in Georgia. Many of my family, including my mother and grandmother, made quilts. My mom especially, made works of art, like Granny in this book. I enjoyed reading about their Sunday dinners, and church meetings...those really reminded me of my younger years with my own family. I really enjoyed how the book ended for the most part. It was so uncertain whether Uncle Joe would make it back home for Christmas after being gone for so many years. And the joyful family reunion at Christmas was very heartwarming.
February 29, 2020
This is a very sweet story of a boy growing up in the country in Georgia. Much of it matches my childhood. It is not just a Christmas book and could be read anytime, actually. I could especially relate to the little church that they all attended. This story begins in 1942 when the boy's grandmother is watching for her prodigal son Joey to return. She makes Joey a quilt with a picture on it of the manger scene.
What impressed me is how hard these people worked, living in the country was hard! I recommend this historical look at rural America.
What impressed me is how hard these people worked, living in the country was hard! I recommend this historical look at rural America.
January 9, 2012
I read this book probably 6 years ago and I didn't remember it very well, so re-read it. It's a great book of family values. The story is told from the perspective of a young boy living with his grandmother and father, his mother having died earlier. The grandmother hasn't seen one of her sons in a long, long time. In fact, the boy has never met him. She feels sure he will come home for Christmas and prepares a Christmas quilt for him. The ending is told in the first chapter!
November 24, 2012
I gave this book 50 pages but just could not get into the sytle of writing and "backwoodsy" dialogue. The plot line seemed to move very slow as well so I finally gave up.
December 29, 2021
I don't much take to books if'n the dialog is writ in dialect. That there is jus' too dang precious fer me.
Aside from that, I liked this book. The main story takes place over 7 months, culminating in the Christmas of 1942. Uncle Joe had left Smoky Hollow (thank God the author didn't call it Smoky Holler) in Georgia many years ago to make something of himself. He had found a job in Detroit in the auto industry and was engaged to a girl from the Ford family. Granny's fondest wish is that he would finally come back to Smoky Hollow for Christmas and she spends her days making a special quilt for him featuring the Star of Bethlehem to lead him home. When Granny develops dropsy, Aunt Lois writes her brother a letter urging him come back to see his Mamma before she dies. The prodigal son does indeed return, but his life in Detroit wasn't exactly what he had made it out to be.
This is a quiet, gentle book. Daddy kind of sums up life in Smoky Hollow in his explanation to his son, "There's a history of love in this old homestead that makes it big enough for anybody who wants to fit inside. It's only too small if you don't want to be with the people who're there." Somehow, this year in particular, that sentiment rang very true to me.
Aside from that, I liked this book. The main story takes place over 7 months, culminating in the Christmas of 1942. Uncle Joe had left Smoky Hollow (thank God the author didn't call it Smoky Holler) in Georgia many years ago to make something of himself. He had found a job in Detroit in the auto industry and was engaged to a girl from the Ford family. Granny's fondest wish is that he would finally come back to Smoky Hollow for Christmas and she spends her days making a special quilt for him featuring the Star of Bethlehem to lead him home. When Granny develops dropsy, Aunt Lois writes her brother a letter urging him come back to see his Mamma before she dies. The prodigal son does indeed return, but his life in Detroit wasn't exactly what he had made it out to be.
This is a quiet, gentle book. Daddy kind of sums up life in Smoky Hollow in his explanation to his son, "There's a history of love in this old homestead that makes it big enough for anybody who wants to fit inside. It's only too small if you don't want to be with the people who're there." Somehow, this year in particular, that sentiment rang very true to me.
December 18, 2020
Every year a friend challenges me to read a “Christmas book” knowing I am not a fan. Every year I try to find a book that has Christmas in the title but really it is not a “Christmas book.” I found The Christmas Quilt in my new neighborhood’s Little Free Library and it is written by an Indiana author (associate professor at IUPUI). I was hoping for something along the line of a Sandra Dallas book in which quilts are prominent, didn’t get that. Although the author teaches religious studies it is not overly preachy while still having a significant country religious thread. Set in 1942, The Christmas Quilt is not really a “Christmas book” but is more of a coming of age book of its 13 yo narrator with the Christmas narrative in the last few chapters. Ditto with the whole quilt thing, it’s a small part of the narrative. The book is pretty good, a little heavy of the colloquial and phonetic spellings for me; running through out the narrative and the dialog. One or two “holes” in the storyline.
January 15, 2024
Life was simpler in 1942, in the mountains of Georgia. This story is told from the point of view of a 13 year old boy who lived with his father and grandmother. We get a glimpse of what life was like in a rural setting where folks grew their own food, or hunted it, and appreciated the simple pleasures of nature, sitting on the front porch in the evenings, attending church every Sunday, and working hard in the garden. Granny was getting frail and her hopes of her son Joe returning for a visit at Christmas time prompted her to hand sew a quilt for him. The main theme is love, forgiveness, and how important family is.
January 18, 2024
Loved the authentic way the author captured the feel of this family through speech and actions. I could almost hear the infections and see the mannerisms.
It was interesting hearing the tale from the voice of a young boy at first… and then from an adult man in reflection.
So much of the southern way of phrasing reminded me of my deceased mother who lived in that area in the 1930’s-40’s. Reading this made me realize she was much more southern than I realized.
As a quilter myself, I loved how the quilt helped to bring the family together piecing love into their hearts.
Worth your time to read and reflect.
It was interesting hearing the tale from the voice of a young boy at first… and then from an adult man in reflection.
So much of the southern way of phrasing reminded me of my deceased mother who lived in that area in the 1930’s-40’s. Reading this made me realize she was much more southern than I realized.
As a quilter myself, I loved how the quilt helped to bring the family together piecing love into their hearts.
Worth your time to read and reflect.
November 28, 2018
What I liked: the characters, the themes of family bonds and love and forgiveness, the setting.
What I didn’t: the sluggish pace (at times), the fact that much of the book didn’t take place during Christmas, which is only a complaint as I like to read “Christmasy” books during the holiday season. Otherwise, that wouldn’t bother me.
Because it was a bit slow, I skimmed quite a bit. However, I did enjoy parts of the story, including the ending.
What I didn’t: the sluggish pace (at times), the fact that much of the book didn’t take place during Christmas, which is only a complaint as I like to read “Christmasy” books during the holiday season. Otherwise, that wouldn’t bother me.
Because it was a bit slow, I skimmed quite a bit. However, I did enjoy parts of the story, including the ending.
December 10, 2023
A heartwarming look at the last months of a grandmother’s life (and death)through the eyes of her grandson.
Narrated by the grandson, whose name I don’t ever recall learning, this story tells of the love of family, the love of a mother who makes a special quilt for her prodigal son, and God’s goodness in letting the two see each other one last time.
A sweet read during the Christmas season.
Narrated by the grandson, whose name I don’t ever recall learning, this story tells of the love of family, the love of a mother who makes a special quilt for her prodigal son, and God’s goodness in letting the two see each other one last time.
A sweet read during the Christmas season.
March 12, 2025
The authors dialog reminded me much of my father’s and gave me a peek of what it may have looked like in his coming of age years, or at least for boys a little older than him in 1942. I underlined all the words I heard my father use, and educated myself on the ones I had never heard. I enjoyed the book as a trip to the past, its warmth and simplicity. Nothing more, but sometimes those are the best fillers between heavier books.
December 15, 2021
I loved this book! This book is about love and family and holidays, basically how life should be. I felt so warm and cozy reading this book. It is wonderful how the narrator returns and instills the appreciation of his upbringing with his own children and grandchildren.
March 17, 2022
I ordered this book from the library because I love books about quilting and quilters. The quilt is rarely mentioned. Yes, there is a background point to it, but the book is basically about rural life during WWII.
October 8, 2017
it is written like country mountain people talk and it drove me crazy, so I quit
June 26, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. Mr. Davis captured the dialect & speech patterns of the Carolinas perfectly. It's always a pleasure to read about the different lifestyles and eras across the USA.
June 21, 2019
Very slow read
December 23, 2019
3 1/2 stars.
January 5, 2020
This is a story about family and a boy growing up in the hills of Georgia. The story is a bit slow, but I really loved the last few chapters.
December 31, 2022
A pleasant read for a quilter during Christmas.
January 8, 2023
Very heartwarming story of a family in 1942. Different family dynamics, love, loss, and hope. Very heartwarming.
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December 13, 2023
Loved this book. Got some extras for gifts for people. ❤️
February 27, 2024
I had a hard time getting into this book. But once I got connected with it. I did enjoy it.
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