Debbie E. (Debbieeohio) reviewed The Union Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts, Bk 17) on + 151 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Never thought I'd say this about a Elm Creek Novel BUT>>> I really didn't get into this one. Usually read right thru them unable to put down. This one 2 weeks to finsh.
IF you enjoy books about the civil war than you will like it.Its mainly all about happening in the civil war. Not much at all even mentioned about the quilt making and history.
IF you enjoy books about the civil war than you will like it.Its mainly all about happening in the civil war. Not much at all even mentioned about the quilt making and history.
Helpful Score: 3
This is my least favorite of the elm creeks quilt novels. I actually have started skimming thru it as it is more about the war than the lives of the quilters themselves.
In 1862 Waters Ford, Pennsylvania is a busy place. Most of the men are off to war to fight for the Union. The woman are rallying to support the cause. They are holding fundraisers, sending bandages, food and supplies. They are using their needles to make quilts to send to hospitals. The also create a very special quilt that will reach out well beyond Waters Ford.
Gerda Bergstrom takes on Southern sympathizers in the pages of the local newspaper. Anneke Bergstrom deals with her husband pacifist beliefs and does her best to hide her shame. Constance Wright supports her husband as he tries to enter the war effort despite the color of his skin.
The quilters anxiously await letters from their husbands, sons, and brothers which they share with each other at their circle meetings. The community is drawn together as they hope and pray the war will end soon and their men will return home soon. The woman are gaining a new independence that will alter the patchwork of life in the Elm Creek Valley.
Dollycass Thoughts
An incredible personal look at the Civil War through the eyes of the soldiers and women who wait at home. These gripping individual stories brought together through this powerful piece of fiction give us a very relate-able picture about how the war effected those in a fight to save the Union.
I truly enjoy when the author steps back into the past to give us the history of the Elm Creek Valley. The battle scenes were captivating to show the real rugged truth of battle. The men took on more of a roll in this story while the women also really emerged even stronger than in previous stories. I especially liked the part of the story about the quilt that went to the battlefield.
Chiaverini is a strong storyteller whether writing historical or contemporary fiction. If her name in on the cover you know you are assured to read a treasure.
Gerda Bergstrom takes on Southern sympathizers in the pages of the local newspaper. Anneke Bergstrom deals with her husband pacifist beliefs and does her best to hide her shame. Constance Wright supports her husband as he tries to enter the war effort despite the color of his skin.
The quilters anxiously await letters from their husbands, sons, and brothers which they share with each other at their circle meetings. The community is drawn together as they hope and pray the war will end soon and their men will return home soon. The woman are gaining a new independence that will alter the patchwork of life in the Elm Creek Valley.
Dollycass Thoughts
An incredible personal look at the Civil War through the eyes of the soldiers and women who wait at home. These gripping individual stories brought together through this powerful piece of fiction give us a very relate-able picture about how the war effected those in a fight to save the Union.
I truly enjoy when the author steps back into the past to give us the history of the Elm Creek Valley. The battle scenes were captivating to show the real rugged truth of battle. The men took on more of a roll in this story while the women also really emerged even stronger than in previous stories. I especially liked the part of the story about the quilt that went to the battlefield.
Chiaverini is a strong storyteller whether writing historical or contemporary fiction. If her name in on the cover you know you are assured to read a treasure.
I have read several of the books in this series, but out of order. I find that by the end you have enough information to piece together the story (OK, yes, pun intended..it is a series about quiliting!) and enjoy them each as a stand alone story. This story has so many social themes "pieced" within the story: vote for women, women's right, vote for everyone (no matter the color or gender), treatment of prisoners of war that it keeps you interested in the story beyond the main theme of the civil war. I look forward to reading another one of this authors books that is sitting on my bookshelves.
Pamela C. (pj-s-bookcorner) reviewed The Union Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts, Bk 17) on + 859 more book reviews
Next in the Elm Creek Quilt series finds the country embroiled in the Civil War. The residents of Elm Creek have their lives forever changed by this epic event.
