Here is the information sent by the publisher.
Thanksgiving inspires generosity once a year, but what happens to the spirit of giving on the other 363 days? In THE GIVING QUILT, now available from Plume, New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini offers an affecting novel that imagines what good could come from practicing the holiday spirit year round
With numerous New York Times bestsellers, Chiaverini is undoubtedly one of the masters of both modern and historical women's fiction. In the last year alone, her Elm Creek Quilts novels have graced the bestseller list twice, first with The Wedding Quilt, a twenty-first century celebration of a treasured romantic tradition, and again with Sonoma Rose, a prohibition-era novel about one woman's courageous fight to save her family.
Year after year, Chiaverini takes a page from her own life to deliver an emotional and poignant story very close to her heart. As a long-time member and advocate of Project Linus, an organization dedicated to providing handmade quilts and blankets to children in need, Jennifer decided to donate a very unique and special gift- a prime spot in one of her bestselling novels.
At Elm Creek Manor, the circle of quilters is hard a t work preparing for "Quiltsgiving." Held annually the week after Thanksgiving, expert and novice quilters from near and far gather for a special winter session of quilt camp to make pieces for Project Linus. As the week unfolds, the quilters respond to the question, "Why do you give?" in ways as varied s the life experiences that drew them to Elm Creek Manor. Each of the quilters, including a librarian, a teacher, a college student, and a quilt shop clerk, uses her unique talents to teach, inspire, and give back to her fellow campers.
Once a gain Chiaverini delivers the complex characters and rich descriptions of setting and mood that fans and critics have come to expect. Featuring not only well-loved characters but intriguing newcomers, THE GIVING QUILT will remind us all that it is truly better to give than to receive.
And now for the give-away:
Leave a comment on this post telling about any charity quilts or blankets that you or your quilt group have made. Do you participate in Project Linus? Leave your comment (and be sure to include your e-mail) by Monday, May 20 at 9:00 PM.
The winner will receive a brand-new paperback copy of THE GIVING QUILT, along with three quilt pins symbolizing three of the Elm Creek Quilts novels.
I have some extra quilt pins to give away, too, so if you enter the drawing you might win a lovely quilt pin.
I am currently reading the novel, and will post a review within the next few days.
Good luck if you enter the drawing!
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Charity quilts include nursing homes, QOV's, The Children's Center, Friend To Friend, Habitat, Quilts of Love. Thanks for the giveaway. Sewgratefulquilts@yahoo.com. Sewgratefulquilts.wordpress.com
The guild in Greensboro, NC makes Linus quilts. It's an ongoing project. People donate fabric, work and time towards that every year. That guild is where I first saw/heard you a number of years back and was so impressed with your lovely shawl. I still drool over that and hope someday to make one.
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