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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nYear of Publication:\u00a0<\/strong>2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n A summary from Goodreads:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jennifer Chiaverini\u2019s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts<\/em> series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019\u2019s The Christmas Boutique<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master\u2019s degree in history at the University of Chicago. Her unexpected return home to the celebrated quilter\u2019s retreat is met with delight but also concern from her mother, Gwen; her best friend, Sarah; master quilter Sylvia; and her other colleagues\u2014and rightly so. Stymied by writer\u2019s block, Summer hasn\u2019t finished her thesis, and she can\u2019t graduate until she does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elm Creek Manor offers respite while Summer struggles to meet her extended deadline. She finds welcome distraction in organizing an exhibit of antique quilts as a fundraiser to renovate Union Hall, the 1863 Greek Revival headquarters of the Waterford Historical Society. But Summer\u2019s research uncovers startling facts about Waterford\u2019s past, prompting unsettling questions about racism, economic injustice, and political corruption within their community, past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Summer\u2019s work progresses, quilt lovers and history buffs praise the growing collection, but affronted local leaders demand that she remove all references to Waterford\u2019s troubled history. As controversy threatens the exhibit\u2019s success, Summer fears that her pursuit of the truth might cost the Waterford Historical Society their last chance to save Union Hall. Her only hope is to rally the quilting community to her cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Museum of Lost Quilts is a warm and deeply moving story about the power of collective memory. With every fascinating quilt she studies, Summer finds her passion for history renewed\u2014and discovers a promising new future for herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Goshen Public Library call number: <\/strong> F CHIAVERINI (BOOK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jennifer Chiaverini Year of Publication:\u00a02024 A summary from Goodreads:\u00a0 Jennifer Chiaverini\u2019s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019\u2019s The Christmas Boutique. Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master\u2019s degree in history at the University of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}