Quilts of Love #16
Joyce Magnin
(Abingdon Press)
ISBN: 978-1426752803
Marcy 2014/240 pages/$13.99
Maybelle Kazinzki can’t sew. She was after all, the only girl in the seventh grade Home Economics class to sew the zipper in the neck hole of the A-Line dress they were supposed to make. But when she finds an unfinished quilt in the attic of her mother’s house she gets the crazy idea to finish it—somehow, come heck or high water. She thinks it will help fill the lonely nights while her husband, Holden, is serving overseas during World War II.
Her recently departed mother’s quilt is made from scraps of material Maybelle traces back to her mother’s childhood, her grandmother’s childhood and her own childhood. She tries to add one of Holden’s stripes to it but the sewing is not going well and neither is her life. After receiving some harsh news, Maybelle’s faith falters and she puts the quilt away and stops trusting God. But God is faithful- no matter what. And it’ll take a group of neighborhood women armed with quilting needles to help Maybelle believe that.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MY THOUGHTS
Like other novels in Abingdon's Quilts of Love series, Maybelle in Stitches centers on a quilt and the story behind its creation. Set in World War II, there was much to like about this book and its characters. I enjoyed reading about women on the home front who worked in factories and dealt with the uncertainty that came with their men serving overseas in a time when letters were virtually the only means of communication. However, editing and continuity lapses interrupted the flow of the story and were quite distracting. Admittedly, I notice things like that more than the average reader so you may not be as impacted. Mildly recommended.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a copy of this book free from Abingdon Prss & Litfuse Publicity as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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