We can't."ĭorothea waited for her uncle to announce yet another visit to his lawyer. He can afford to leave his farm during the harvest. He likely has more goats than corn on his place. "He will be exchanging a considerable amount of money for the person of his wife." "Hasn't he done so often enough to sell that cheese of his?" "Then let him go alone," glowered Uncle Jacob.
"Surely he can wait a few weeks until the crops are in." "Abel needs to leave at sunup," Robert explained apologetically, as if humility would protect him from Uncle Jacob's wrath.
"You can't think of leaving in the middle of harvest." Uncle Jacob's face bore the grim expression that Dorothea likened to a block of limestone. If anything, enslaving him would bring them even greater pleasure. Wright was safe from their ilk, for all that he had never been a slave. The abolitionist newspapers told of proslavery men who became so incensed at the sight of a newly freed slave that they would seize him and sell him back into slavery. Wright south to Virginia, both to share the work of driving the horses and to discourage unscrupulous interlopers. They had spoken of this occasion often and had agreed that Robert ought to accompany Mr. "If Abel has raised the money he must do it quickly, before her owner can change his mind again. "At long last," Dorothea's mother declared. "Abel Wright intends to purchase his wife's freedom before the month is out," Dorothea's father said to Uncle Jacob. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Jennifer Chiaverini lives in Madison, Wisconsin. She also designs Elm Creek fabric for Red Rooster Fabrics. Her most recent release is The Master Quilter. After he meets with a violent end, Dorothea discovers that the quilt contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad - and resolves to continue his dangerous work.Ĭhiaverini is the New York Times bestselling author of the popular Elm Creek Quilts novels.
But the ultimate test of her courage and convictions comes with the death of her stern uncle Jacob, who inexplicably had asked Dorothea to stitch him a quilt with four unusual patterns of his own design. A superior student, she is promoted from pupil to teacher - only to lose her position to the privileged son of a town benefactor. A gifted quilter, she tragically loses her hope chest in a flood.
Told with Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical suspense, The Sugar Camp Quilt blends danger, moral courage, romance, and hope into a novel of antebellum America whose lessons resonate with timeless honesty.Ī dutiful daughter and niece, Dorothea Granger finds her dreams of furthering her education thwarted by the needs of home.
0 kommentar(er)
