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I have enjoyed every Melody Carlson Christmas novella I've read. I've read almost all of them, too! It's become a tradition to read her yearly offering in September as my thoughts turn to the Fall and Christmas seasons. This year the book I started in September has continued into October. Sometimes I read a book slowly to savor it. That's the way Carlson's Christmas books are. If I don't savor them, I'll gobble them down!
A Quilt for Christmas is no different. What is different is the storyline. I love that the protagonist is a woman of a certain age. ~smile~ She moved to a new city to be near her family. Unfortunately, they soon moved far away because of a job. That left her alone and lonely. Her heart was soon to be melted by the youngsters who lived across the hall. A project was planned to surprise their mother for Christmas with precious few weeks to accomplish a very complicated bed quilt. The ladies that joined in to make this quilt had varied personalities that required learning to get along and make new friendships in a whole new way.
Heartwarming is a word that is often overused in a Hallmark movie sort of way, but it is a word that fits this book perfectly. I recommend you buy it early and read a chapter every day or two so that you can enjoy the people that live within these pages.
Whatever you do, get your hands on one of Carlson's Christmas novellas. They will give you some calm and perhaps fun moments in what can be a very busy season. Five Stars*
From the publisher:
Cuddle up with this cozy story of giving and forgiving--with a little bit of romance
Christmas should be celebrated with family, but for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help.
With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town, Fiona enlists Vera's aid, and when she finds out her new neighbor is a quilter, she has a special request--a Christmas quilt for Mama.
Vera will have to get a ragtag group of women together to fulfill the request. Between free-spirited artist Tasha, chatty empty nester Beverly, retired therapist Eleanor, and herself, Vera has hopes that Christmas for the Albright family will be merry, after all. And she may even find herself a new family of friends along the way.
- Happy Christmas Reading!
Laura
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★★★★★ It was amazing
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