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The New Year's Quilt

#11 in series

by Jennifer Chiaverini
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As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her present happiness, she must face the sorrow hidden in her past — her own role in the tragic circumstances that left her estranged from her sister, Claudia, until it was too late to make amends. Vowing not to repeat the mistake with her new daughter-in-law, Amy, who opposed Sylvia's marriage to her father, Andrew, Sylvia must convince Amy that family is more precious than pride. As Sylvia takes up a quilt for the season, begun and abandoned over six years, she recalls the New Year's Eve festivities of her youth at Elm Creek Manor as a member of the Bergstrom family. She titles the quilt "New Year's Reflections," after her belief that year-end reflections precede resolutions. The quilt blocks she chooses commemorate the wisdom that no one can ever be truly alone if she keeps the memory of those she loved and those who loved her alive in her heart. The New Year's Quilt is a novel to enjoy today and to treasure anew each holiday season.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Elm Creek Quilts

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 13, 2007

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781416575511

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      • ISBN: 9781416575511
      • File size: 1939 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 13, 2007
      The latest in the author’s Elm Creek Quilts series finds septuagenarian Sylvia Compson determined not to repeat past mistakes. Having married on Christmas Eve at Elm Creek Manor, the family homestead turned quilter’s haven, Sylvia and longtime family friend Andrew Cooper have to face the music and tell Andrew’s children, especially his bitter daughter, Amy. On the way, master quilter Sylvia plies at a long unfinished quilt she calls New Year’s Reflections, which she plans to give Amy in the hope of reconciliation. Elaborate memories of Sylvia’s German-American childhood include a long rift with elder sister Claudia. Chiaverini’s stitching is sound.

    • Library Journal

      October 1, 2007
      Chiaverini brings back her Elm Creek Quilts characters for another holiday outing (following 2005's "The Christmas Quilt"). Master quilter Sylvia is making a holiday quilt for her new stepdaughter, Amy, who is less than thrilled with her father's remarriage. With 11 stories of family and memories in the series, expect demand from fans of Chiaverini's best-selling gentle read series.

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      November 15, 2007
      Shortly after her Christmas wedding to Andrew, they are off to New York to visit her mothers childhood home, a home Sylvia knew little about because of family estrangements. She ponders those estrangementsher mothers from her grandmother; Sylvias from her sister, Claudia; and the prospect of Andrews from his children, who disapprove of their marriageas she works diligently on one of her most heartfelt pieces. The New Years quilt is meant for Amy, Andrews daughter, a gift to hopefully forestall the kind of family tension that Sylvia had long suffered. As she works on her quilt and visits her mothers childhood home, Sylvia recalls memories of her own childhood, the joys of familial closeness, and the pain of long-heldirreconcilable disagreements. Fans of the Elm Creek Quilts series will love this latest installment, which fills in Sylvias history.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)

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