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Master quilter Sylvia Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor and traces a tale back to 1859. An escaped slave, Joanna, spent a brief period at Elm Creek Farm until she was captured and returned to bondage, leaving her son in the care of the Bergstrom family. If Sylvia is to determine the fate of Joanna and her son, she must rely on one important clue-- the meticulous heirloom quilt Joanna stitched and left behind.
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Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter, Caroline's wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a painstakingly made wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.
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"Enter a historic Nebraskan prison where three women find betrayal, love, and ultimate truth. Jane Prescott is serving a ten-year sentence for murder. Can a broken spirit be healed behind bars? Matron Mamie Dawson feels called to help the wounded women in her charge. Will a guard's attentions keep her from her mission? Warden's wife Ellen McKenna has changed her preconceptions about these female prisoners. Will it be enough to save her from a life-or-death...
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After being abandoned by their father, Sarah Biddle and her younger brother, Tom, are sent west on an orphan train, where they meet Jesse King and Augusta Hathaway, two kind souls who are willing take in Sarah and Tom and teach them the true meaning of family.
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"When Cheryl Cooper's bid to buy a uniquely patterned quilt leads to a puzzling confrontation, she is determined to make it her own. Once she has her prized purchase, several attempts are made to steal the quilt including a break-in at her home. Cheryl determined to figure out what makes the quilt worth stealing, sets out to decipher its mysterious message. In the process, she stumbles across a twenty-year-old secret. With reputations and careers...
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Quilt chronicles volume 3
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When Emilie Rhodes convinces her newspaper editor father to assign her to interview the speakers at the 1890 Chautauqua series, she meets and falls in love with "The Man of Many Voices." But Noah Shaw's professional life is only one reason he's in Nebraska. Noah is on a quest to find answers. . .but will a treasured quilt bear a message of brokenness-or hope and healing?
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