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    A Quilt for Christmas
    A Quilt for Christmas
    A Quilt for Christmas
    Audiobook7 hours

    A Quilt for Christmas

    Written by Sandra Dallas

    Narrated by Pilar Witherspoon

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    It is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband Will has joined the Kansas volunteers to fight the Conferedates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps pass the months making a special quilt to keep Will warm during his winter months in the army. When the unthinkable happens, she takes in a a woman and child who have been left alone and made vulnerable by the war, and she finds solace and camaraderie amongst the women of her quilting group. And when she is asked to help hide an escaped slave, she must decide for herself what is right, and who can she can count on to help her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 14, 2014
    ISBN9781490639628
    A Quilt for Christmas
    Author

    Sandra Dallas

    SANDRA DALLAS, dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley in Vogue Magazine, is the author of over a dozen novels, including Little Souls and Where Coyotes Howl, many translated into a dozen languages and optioned for films. Six-time winner of the Willa Award and four-time winner of the Spur Award, Dallas was a Business Week reporter for 35 years, and began writing fiction in 1990. She has two daughters and lives with her husband in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado.

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    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this story set in Kansas near the end of the Civil War. It revolves around the lives of the "war widows", women raising the children and working the farms while they wait for the return of their men.
    • 5/5
      I actually enjoyed this book. It is a heart warming Christmas read. The things I enjoyed most about this book is how the women came together to help one another and the book emphasized setting aside our differences. I would recommend it to someone that enjoys a historical fictions.
    • 4/5
      What a cool but, at the heart a true story, this book proved. I read it for my in-person discussion group. I found that I was happy Eliza had great friends to support her. The author told a story of strong women that took the life God gave them and made it beautiful. I will seek out this author again in the future.
    • 4/5
      Every now and then I’ll stray from my usual book choice and go for something that probably totally skews any statistical analysis of my reading style. Christian fiction must totally blow it out of the water given that I’m atheist but sometimes the core story just sounds interesting to me and I can generally tell when the book is going to be more story and less God. This was one of those books and it was a generally good book that made for a welcome change from some heavier novels. I read it a while ago but the sweet tale stayed with me.Eliza’s husband has gone off in the late stages of the Civil War to fight for the North. He is a man of strong convictions about how his house should be run, how his wife should behave and about the Confederates. He sends home periodic letters that instill those convictions into his son. Eliza is left at home, as many women were to keep things going. She does an admirable job in difficult circumstances. Then a friend needs help and she must make the decision on her own so she allows her childhood friend and her baby to come live with her to escape an abusive situation. She finds it is nice to have the company and the help around the farm.But soon someone else will need her help and it is not someone she knows but a runaway slave. Feelings are mixed in their community but she soon learns that there is a network of folk helping slaves escape. And another trying to capture them for the reward money. She soon finds herself caught between the two.I enjoyed the book – especially the farm aspects which I’m sure doesn’t surprise anyone. The main characters were diverse and developed while some of the ancillary ones were a touch one note but they served their purpose in moving the plot along. The debates as the the impacts of the war on the women of the time were not deep and in depth but they were thought provoking enough to make this more than a fluff book. There is a lot more to the novel but I can’t touch on everything in this review. It was a good read with aspects of the difficulties of war, loss, love and hope.
    • 5/5
      A QUILT FOR CHRISTMAS by Sandra DallasThis is a lovely story by a favorite author. Placed in Civil War Kansas the story follows a young wife is left behind as her husband goes off to fight for the Union. Eliza carefully makes a quilt to ease his bones and keep him warm and sends it off to him with another soldier as a Christmas gift. Eliza and her two children soon find themselves challenged, first by a Confederate widow and child and then by an escaped slave. Keeping the farm producing is another challenge. Discovering what has happened to the lovingly made quilt is a prime element of a story that contains heartbreak, danger, suspicion, wickedness, love, cooperation and redemption.The characters are true to life, the situations and conversations realistic. Dallas fans will discover that some of the characters are the grand parents of the characters in THE PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB. 5 of 5 stars
    • 4/5
      A Quilt for Christmas by Sandra DallasWanted to read this book for the quilting and for the holiday itself.1864 during the war. Eliza Spoon is in charge of her home and land while her husband goes to war. She makes a quilt for her husband and she gets a thank you card for Christmas. She does take in a woman with a child, who just a few days ago was a war widow.The war widows would gather once a month to quilt. Love hearing what the colors represent. She is also sent a letter that her husband has died but something again doesn't sound right with the letter.She is asked to hide a beaten colored woman and she agrees til others come to find her to take her away. She then hides her at another's farm. So many deaths and she leaves the house to offer water to one who's wandered into their yard.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).