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Book 19 of Elm Creek Quilts series. Setting is California wine country in early 1900s. Rosa is married to an abusive husband but is in love with Lars who is related to Henry and Elizabeth Jorgensen. Elizabeth is an older cousin of Sylvia who settled in California . Fascinating story amid the years of Prohibition.

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Sylvia, who grew up in and owned Elm Creek Manor, and who was a dear, devoted soul, passes on.
A lot of ground is covered in this book 18 of the series: Sarah and Matt‘s twins are born, Sylvia connects with her long lost cousins, and the twins receive a final gift from Sylvia

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MC Rosa is a devoted mother.

My job WAS teacher and guidance counselor-my job now is to mother my children and love my grandchildren❤️

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Book 11 of the Elm Creek Quilts series. Love the colors in this design! Sylvia and Andrew visit Andrew‘s daughter who does not agree with her dad marrying Sylvia. Sylvia breaks the ice by presenting the recalcitrant Amy with a New Years Quilt.

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Book 10 of the Elm Creek Quilters series. This one travels back to 1920s when Elizabeth Bergstrom of Elm Creek Manor in Pennsylvania and her husband Henry ride by train to CA to claim their ranch. But they don‘t own the ranch at all; they were swindled and all their $ is gone…

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Book 3 of the Elm Creek Quilters series. Five women from across the US gather at Julia‘s Elm Creek Manor to participate in quilting camp. A quilting group is so much more than fabric, thread and designs - the fellowship and collaboration has a healing effect - some become friends for life 🧡

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Why do I keep picking sad Christmas books this month? It's part of the Elm Creek quilt series. However, I had no trouble reading it as a standalone.

Finished my last 2023 read early this afternoon (The Rose Code by Kate Quinn) and this was my final count for the year.

I don‘t know if I will set a book goal for 2024.

4 ⭐This book may be a little long, but the story is heartfelt. It is about a selfish king who wants presents and gifts from everybody. The one present he can‘t have is a quilt from the lady in the mountains. She only makes quilts for people who can‘t afford them. She tells the king give of yourself and I will make you a quilt. The king will not do this. Instead, he punishes the old lady and in turn just punishes himself.

4.5 ⭐This is a story about an Egyptian American girl who is going to an American school in the third grade for the first time. She becomes a little embarrassed by both her lunch and her language being something the kids don‘t know. With the encouragement of the teacher, she uses her grandmother‘s quilt to help show everybody that language is unique, beautiful, amazing, and helps make everybody friendlier.