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Book Description
Publication Date: 22 Feb 2011 | Series: Elm Creek Quilts Novels (Dutton Hardcover)
"Chiaverini has once again written an intense and beautiful book-so much so that readers will almost hear the hollow echo of the fife and drum as they immerse themselves in every compelling page . . . Truly unforgettable." -"BookPage"
In 1862, the men of Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, rally to President Lincoln's call while Dorothea Granger marshals her friends to "wield their needles for the Union." Meanwhile, Anneke Bergstrom hides the shame she feels for her husband's pacifism; gifted writer Gerda Bergstrom takes on local Southern sympathizers in the pages of the "Water's Ford Register"; and Constance Wright struggles to help her husband gain entry to the Union Army-despite the color of his skin. As the women work, hope, and pray, the men they love confront loneliness, boredom, and danger on the battlefield. But the women of the sewing circle also forge a new independence that will forever alter the patchwork of life in the Elm Creek Valley.
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"Jennifer Chiaverini's strength is not only writing strong female characters, but also placing them in interesting lives and times."--"New York Journal of Books"
--This text refers to the
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This continues in the back story of how Elm Creek Manor and surrounding neighbors shaped the town of Waterford today, it fills in gaps of the families history and also gives a brief history of the turmoil caused by the Civil War, how it effects the outcome to several families and the hardships endured.
As usual Jennifer Chiaverini has created another great read. It's another book about the historical characters, and I learned a lot about the American Civil War. Whilst it has nothing to do with the content of the book, the deckle edge is a bit strange till you get used to it.
