"Chiaverini has once again written an intense and beautiful book-so much so that readers will almost hear the hollow echo of the fife and drum as they immerse themselves in every compelling page . . . Truly unforgettable." -_BookPage_ In 1862, the men of Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, rally to Pres
Sonoma Rose: an Elm Creek quilts novel
โ Scribed by Chiaverini, Jennifer
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Dutton
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a powerful and dramatic Prohibition-era story that follows the fortunes of Rosa Diaz Barclay, a woman who plunges into the unknown for the safety of her children and the love of a good but flawed man.
As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview.
Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of another father are in perfect health. When an act of violence shatters Rosa's resolve to maintain her increasingly dangerous existence, she flees with the children and her precious heirloom quilts to the mesa where she last saw her beloved mother alive.
As a flash flood traps them in a treacherous canyon, only one ma...
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