Review by Booklist Review
Chiaverini's latest offering is another in her series of novels intended for the holiday season. To follow The Christmas Quilt (2005), The New Year's Quilt (2007), and a novel leading up to Thanksgiving (The Quilter's Kitchen, 2008), she needed to get a little more inventive this time. The Quilter's Holiday concerns a tradition taking place the day after Thanksgiving. The quilters' circle gathers at the Elm Creek manor for a daylong marathon to create holiday decorations or gifts. The group pauses in their work for a scrumptious potluck lunch of dishes made from Thanksgiving leftovers. This year, in the midst of an early snowstorm, they also renew an old cornucopia tradition. Each quilter inserts a quilt block into an antique cornucopia, representing something for which they are especially thankful. Although the novel is a continuation of the long-running Elm Creek series, it may also be read as a stand-alone story evoking the holiday spirit. Longtime fans of the series will learn more of the quilters' backstories and get delightful hints of what will follow in subsequent novels. A must for series fans.--Coon, Judy Copyright 2009 Booklist
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Review by Library Journal Review
The Elm Creek Quilters are back for their third holiday outing (after The New Year's Quilt). Everyone is busy making gifts, Sarah is anticipating the birth of twins while her husband takes work out of town, and Sylvia discovers previously unknown family ties. Expect demand from fans of this best-selling gentle series. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 7/09.] (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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