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teacherlovesbeauty's review
4.0
I love this series....easy read, historical, good friendships....Feel good book.
gabmc's review
4.0
This was the second or third time I've read this book and with every read it gets better. The series continues with this story that jumps between the past - pre-civil war in the US - and the present. I love how the author combined the folklore that's grown around the use of quilts as a signal as an underground railway station for escaping slaves with historical records.
stephaniealysse's review
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Racism
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Rape
mschrock8's review
3.0
At first I didn't think I would like the back & forth of the present story & the diary, but it was truly great! Maybe I liked it so much because I keep a journal. Read this on the plane, traveling for vacation.
amibunk's review
4.0
This book is my favorite of the series. It's fluff, but it's strangely fulfilling and entertaining fluff.
pjewel's review
4.0
Mystery-trunk-in-the-family-attic is not a new concept, but Chiaverini artfully weaves together a modern quilters club with a Civil War era family journal that reveals heavy and hopeful secrets about the family's past, in a fresh and intriguing way. I'm not a quilter, and I don't think I have the patience to become one. Book reading, and journal writing is more up my ally. But, I really enjoyed the quilt motif in this historical fiction. Partially based on quilting folklore this book has me *convinced* that secret-coded quilts played a significant role in the Underground Railroad. A book with important messages about America's past that reads with poignancy in America's present! ***(this is book 4 in a series, but the first I read and the story was still "followable")***
whaney's review
3.0
I normally don't care for historical fiction, but the best parts of this book was the reading from Gerda's diary.