About Quilts of Love: Quilts tell stories of love and loss, hope and faith, tradition and new beginnings. The Quilts of Love series
focuses on the women who quilted all of these things into their family
histories. A new book releases each month and features contemporary and
historical romances as well as women's fiction and the occasional light
mystery. You will be drawn into the endearing characters of this series
and be touched by their stories.
About the book: Maybelle
Kazinzki can't sew. She was after all, the only girl in the seventh
grade Home Economics class to sew the zipper in the neck hole of the
A-Line dress they were supposed to make. But when she finds an
unfinished quilt in the attic of her mother's house she gets the crazy
idea to finish it---somehow, come heck or high water. She thinks it will
help fill the lonely nights while her husband, Holden, is serving
overseas during World War II.Her recently departed mother's quilt is made from scraps of material Maybelle traces back to her mother's childhood, her grandmother's childhood and her own childhood. She tries to add one of Holden's stripes to it but the sewing is not going well and neither is her life. After receiving some harsh news, Maybelle's faith falters and she puts the quilt away and stops trusting God. But God is faithful---no matter what. And it'll take a group of neighborhood women armed with quilting needles to help Maybelle believe that.
Learn more about this book and the series at the Quilts of Love website.
About the Author: Joyce Magnin is the author of the Bright's Pond novels, including the award-winning The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow.
A member of the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Fellowship,
Joyce is a frequent workshop leader and the organizer of the
StoryCrafters fiction group. She lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Joyce at: http://joycemagnin.
My Thoughts:
i just love the quilts of love series. though i haven't liked every single novel in the series. i've liked quite a few. this one was no exception. i have not finished this novel but i did like it from the few chapters i was able to read i did enjoy. after i've read the whole novel i will be able to say more but for now i like it.
thank you to abingdon and litfuse for providing a copy of this novel for review. i wasn't compensated in any way.
Don’t miss the newest Quilts of Love book, Maybelle in Stitches, by Joyce Magnin. Maybelle can’t sew. But when she finds an unfinished quilt in the attic of her mother’s house, she gets the crazy idea to complete it.
Joyce is celebrating the release with a $200 Modcloth giveaway. Enter today for a chance to spruce up your spring wardrobe!
One winner will receive:
- A $200 ModCloth.com gift card
- Scraps of Evidence by Barbara Cameron
- A Sky Without Stars by Linda S. Clare
- Maybelle in Stitches by Joyce Magnin
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