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The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini

Sylvia Bergstrom Compson is an elderly widow planning to marry Andrew Cooper, a widower. She's also an avid quilt-maker, and is planning to make one for Andrew and herself. That is until she remembers her mother's old quilts in the attic, and decides to use one of those instead. But when Sylvia goes up to the attic to find the quilts, she discovers them missing! Sylvia is puzzled, until her sister-in-law, Agnes, informs her that Sylvia's sister, Claude, sold the quilts 30 years ago! Sylvia is horrified, and assumes that the quilts are gone forever. The quilts are precious to her, because Sylvia's mother had died when Sylvia was ten years old.
But Sylvia and Andrew have more important things to worry about, like telling Andrew's two children that Sylvia and he are getting married. Since Andrew wants to tell his kids in person, they plan a cross-country trip. And when Summer, a friend of the family, gets responses online for the missing quilts, Sylvia and Andrew visit different leads while on the trip. Unfortunately, most of the leads become dead-ends.
But Sylvia and Andrew have another problem; Bob and Amy, Andrew's two children, think Andrew shouldn't remarry! They fear that since Sylvia has already had one stroke, her health will decline and bring Andrew more heartbreak. And though Sylvia has a clean bill of health, Bob and Amy refuse to bless the marriage.
This fascinating story goes on to reveal if Sylvia ever finds any of her mother's quilts and whether she marries Andrew with the blessings of his children.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 60's-90's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
Europe Yes
Misc setting

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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