The Quilter's Homecoming

This is a book about Sylvia Compson's cousin Elizabeth and her husband Henry. Elizabeth shows up in an earlier book in Jennifer Chiaverini's Elm Creek series and she and Henry move to California. This book is their story. At first, I was not as interested in the story because a lot of the Elm Creek......more

I should admit I'm already a fan of this series of books by Chiaverini. But this is one of the best in my opinion. It's about a young newlywed couple who come west in 1925 to the Conejo Valley (called something else) to take ownership of a ranch the husband purchased. A major catastrophe causes thei......more

I have never read a Jennifer Chiaverini book that I didn't love and this was no exception. One of those books that had me thinking of the characters long after I read the book.......more

Elizabeth Bergstrom loves horses and farms. So marrying Henry Nelson, a former friend and secret love, makes sense. His dream becomes hers to buy a ranch in Southern CA. Unfortunately this is the 1920's and the laws don't always coincide with expectations. Especially when they come to claim their la......more

I think every long series has a dud; I had to force myself to finish this one even though it wasn't that long. I just didn't like it that much, and there are a lot of reasons. While it's clear that research did go into this book, there were a lot of historical inaccuracies when it came to the social......more