Sonoma Rose: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts Book 19) Kindle Edition

Wonderful reading the full story about Elizabeth Nelson’s friend, Rosa. The Elm Creek Quilts’ books are a joy to read.

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I LOVE this series -- I always buy the hardback within a week of it's availability. But, after reading 18 others in this series, I expected a whole lot more about quilting and was thoroughly disappointed. Mind you, I am NOT a quilter, but fell in love with quilting as an art (still as an outsider)when I started reading these books many years ago. There were so many opportunities she could have taken to insert quilts (even in a small way!)and didn't take them, I was almost starting to get mad!I was also VERY disppointed there were NO references at all to the current characters. Could she not have "book-ended" the story with references/plot about the current Elm Creek Quilters? Maybe they found an old quilt? A bottle of wine? A photograph? A marriage certificate? A newspaper clipping? A receipt from the doctor? Anything! I was disappointed that was left out entirely. I wanted to see just a glimpse of our beloved characters!None the less, it was a good story with solid characters, although a bit darker than her usual and rushed to a finish and smashed what could have been good plot/story into the short Epilogue. I was also overwhelmed by the history of the era (informative, but too heavy in some places) and the details of wine making (informative, but too many details). The story was heavy with long paragraphs with less dialogue than usual, too. Plus, I had to reach back into the back corners of my memory to figure out how these characters connected to the others from her series. All of that was ok only because I love the series so much. I'm patient and loyal. If you're not, you might get frustrated with this one (as I also did with "The Wedding Quilt" but stuck with it anyway).Here's to the next book ("The Giving Quilt") which I know will include plenty about quilting with our long lost characters of today!!! And here's hoping she keeps writing! There are many stories still to be told!

I love Jennifer Chiaverinin as an author. She writes the greatest books! Sonomo Rose a very very good book.The setting was back in the prohibition days. Rosa lived a life of horror with her spouse he beat her as though he werebeating a man. She had children by him and 2 died due to a condition. It was a phenomenal story she had other smallchildren and 2 of those had the same symptoms. A must read! You wont be able to put the book down.

Has some history and information. I'm a quilter so anything that has a story about a quilt block, is on my reading list. I have read most of series.I have used several of the ideas in my creative quilting. Definitely a fan.

Sonoma Rose covers what it was like to live in California during Prohibition. At the same time, it shows how a Quilt can give comfort, & a connection to our loved ones. Past, present & future generations can connect with the quilter,when admiring their work.This whole series of books shows how men, or women can over come hardships together. Quilting has always given comfort, peace & a way for artistic expression. It is craft anyone can do. It just all depends on how far you want to get into it. No one should ever feel inadiquate about their level or skill of quilting. Any effort is a gift of love. Jennifer Chiaverini has showed us how it happens. The one constant through the whole series are the charcters & how friendships, family, and the Quilt can influence our lives.

Though not as much the story of quilts this book held my attention. Great story line and well developed. On to the next one!

I was disappointed that this book had nothing to do with quilting or the characters we love. Plus, the first half was a rehash of her previous book about this family. However, the last half was an interesting historical novel about Prohibition and the wine country, and the hardships endured during that era. If this interests you, Jennifer Chiaverini does her usual excellent job in story telling.

It was fascinating, Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. I am not a reader by nature but since I started reading Jennifer Chiaverini's books a year ago I have read 16 of hers and 3 others.

Das ist der bisher spannendste Roman von Jennifer Chiaverini. Man reist mit Rosa durch Californien, wo sie in Unruhe lebt, da sie ihren brutalen Mann verlassen hat und seine Nachstellung fürchtet. Sylvias Cousine Elisabeth kommt nur als Randnotiz vor. Man kann einiges über das Leben auf dem Weinberg und die Prohibition erfahren.

I really enjoyed this book, though I wouldn't call it an 'Elm Creek' novel. It's a spin-off, and picks up where 'The Quilter's Homecoming' finishes. In fact, the first couple of chapters overlap, as we leave the story from Elizabeth's point of view (in The Quilter's Homecoming), and now take up the story from Rosa's point of view. It has no link whatsoever to Elm Creek, and only a very slim link to Elizabeth, who came from Elm Creek.However, Jennifer Chiaverini is a master at a good story, especially historical ones, and despite this not being an Elm Creek book, and only a passing mention to Quilting, it's still a very good story. It follows the tale of Rosa, Lars & the children as they escape from the abusive John and search for a cure for Ana & Miguel's mysterious illness, which has already claimed the lives of their older brothers & sisters.They find refuge with the warm and friendly Cacchione family who own a vineyard. But this is late 1920's, early 1930's, so owning a family vineyard in Probition era is not easy. The Cacchione's activities threaten to reveal Roas & Lars' secret. I thought the potrayl of Lars ongoing struggle with alcholism was very realistic. An extremely good story, really enjoyed this book.

I loved this particular book, all Jennifers books are great but this one really grabbed me. Can never get enough of Elm Creek Quilts and the new direction that Jennifer is going into history and the civil war.

Nach der Lektüre von 'the quilter's apprentice', 'Round Robin' und 'the cross country quilter's' hatte ich mich sehr gefreut, ein weiteres Buch von Jennifer Chiaverini lesen zu können, aber welche herbe Enttäuschung.Das Buch handelt weder vom Quilten, noch vom Dorf Elm Creek. Stattdessen wird einem ein völlig platte Geschichte serviert.Mein Vorschlag: Lesen Sie 'Der Weihnachtsquilt' der gleichen Autorin. Das ist mein bisheriger Favorit.