The Sugar Camp Quilt

This book predates the history of the family in all of the novels. This book highlights Mr. Ligghit... the man that Sylvia's ancestors gambled out of the cabin/ land that eventually became Elm Creek Mannor. Mr. L, as it turns out is a mean drunk who is up to no good at every turn. His neighbors that......more

The 7th story in the Elm Creek Quilt series, Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, is different from all the other books in that it has no Bergstrom in it. This is pre-history. In The Runaway Quilt Sylvia learns of her family’s friendship with a Dorothea and her brother and how they became involv......more

Dorothea’s family lost their farm in a flood and has to move in with an uncle who is very stern and works them day and night on his farm. They expect when he dies that his farm will be left to their oldest son, who is studying to be a doctor and he will let them live on the farm. Dorothea has been t......more

*Part of a series, but absolutely readable as a stand-alone.* The Sugar Camp Quilt was a little slow-moving, but since I was listening to the audio book while driving, over a period of several weeks, I didn't mind that. Dorothea's character, while not the most well-rounded I've ever read about, was e......more