"Fiction." . . "FICTION." . "Couture Romans." . . "Quilts Fiction." . . "QUILTS Fiction." . "Slaves Fiction." . . "Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character) Fiction." . . "COMPSON, SYLVIA (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER) Fiction." . "Compson, Sylvia fictitious character Fiction." . "Quiltmakers Fiction." . . "QUILTMAKERS Fiction." . . . "Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character)" . . "Quilts." . . "Genealogy." . . "Courtepointiers et courtepointières Romans." . . . . "Historical fiction" . "Historical fiction"@en . . "In her 14th series installment, Chiaverini picks up the threads from the Runaway Quilt to spin another tale of adventure, love, perserverance and of course quilting." . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . "The Lost Quilter"@en . . . "Large type books" . "Large type books"@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "The lost quilter [lg. print] : an Elm Creek quilts novel"@en . . . . . . . . "Audiobooks" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Lost Quilter Book #14" . "Master quilter Sylvia Compson investigates her ancestry and discovers unexpected connections to a runaway slave and quilter who traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm before she was captured and returned to Virginia."@en . . "Master quilter Sylvia Compson investigates her ancestry and discovers unexpected connections to a runaway slave and quilter who traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm before she was captured and returned to Virginia." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures an antique quilt made by Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm. Though Joanna's freedom proved short-lived, she left the Bergstrom family a most precious gift, her son. Hans and Anneke Bergstrom, along with maiden aunt Gerda, raised the boy as their own, and the secret of his identity died with their generation. Now it falls to Sylvia _ drawing upon Gerda's diary and Joanna's quilt - to connect Joanna's past to present-day Elm Creek Manor."@en . "The lost quilter" . "The lost quilter"@en . . . . . "The Lost Quilter : Elm Creek quilts : Book 14"@en . . . . "Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures an antique quilt called by three names -- Birds in the Air, after its pattern; the Runaway Quilt, after the woman who sewed it; and the Elm Creek Quilt, after the place to which its maker longed to return. That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm. Though Joanna's freedom proved short-lived -- she was forcibly returned by slave catchers to Josiah Chester's plantation in Virginia -- she left the Bergstrom family a most precious gift, her son. Hans and Anneke Bergstrom, along with maiden aunt Gerda, raised the boy as their own, and the secret of his identity died with their generation. Now it falls to Sylvia -- drawing upon Gerda's diary and Joanna's quilt -- to connect Joanna's past to present-day Elm Creek Manor. Just as Joanna could not have foreseen that, generations later, her quilt would become the subject of so much speculation and wonder, Sylvia and her friends never could have imagined the events Joanna witnessed in her lifetime. Punished for her escape by being sold off to her master's brother in Edisto Island, South Carolina, Joanna grieves over the loss of her son and resolves to run again, to reunite with him someday in the free North. Farther south than she has ever been, she nevertheless finds allies, friends, and even love in the slave quarter of Oak Grove, a cotton plantation where her skill with needle and thread soon becomes highly prized. Through hardship and deprivation, Joanna dreams of freedom and returning to Elm Creek Farm. Determined to remember each landmark on the route north, Joanna pieces a quilt of scraps left over from the household sewing, concealing clues within the meticulous stitches. Later, in service as a seamstress to the new bride of a Confederate officer, Joanna moves on to Charleston, where secrets she keeps will affect the fate of a nation, and her abilities and courage enable her to aid the country and the people she loves most. The knowledge that scraps can be pieced and sewn into simple lines -- beautiful both in and of themselves and also for what they represent and what they can accomplish -- carries Joanna through dark days. Sustaining herself and her family through ingenuity and art during the Civil War and into Reconstruction, Joanna leaves behind a remarkable artistic legacy that, at last, allows Sylvia to discover the fate of the long-lost quilter."@en . . "The lost quilter : an Elm Creek quilts novel"@en . "The lost quilter : an Elm Creek quilts novel" . . . "Master quilter Sylvia Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor and traces a tale back to 1859. An escaped slave, Joanna, spent a brief period at Elm Creek Farm until she was captured and returned to bondage, leaving her son in the care of the Bergstrom family. If Sylvia is to determine the fate of Joanna and her son, she must rely on one important clue-- the meticulous heirloom quilt Joanna stitched and left behind." . "Master quilter Sylvia Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor and traces a tale back to 1859. An escaped slave, Joanna, spent a brief period at Elm Creek Farm until she was captured and returned to bondage, leaving her son in the care of the Bergstrom family. If Sylvia is to determine the fate of Joanna and her son, she must rely on one important clue-- the meticulous heirloom quilt Joanna stitched and left behind."@en . . . "Domestic fiction"@en . "Domestic fiction" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Lost Quilter #14" . . . "The Lost Quilter an Elm Creek Quilts Novel"@en . "When Sylvia Bergstrom Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor, she traces a remarkable tale back to 1859. Then, escaped slave Joanna spent a brief period at Elm Creek Farm until she was captured and returned to bondage, leaving her son in the care of the Bergstrom family. Now, if Sylvia is to determine the ultimate fate of Joanna and her son, she must rely on one important clue--the meticulous herloom quilt Joanna stitched and left behind." . "In 1859, a runaway slave and quilter named Joanna traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm -- only to be captured and forcibly returned to Virginia. More than a century later, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson recovers a bundle of letters that Joanna wrote from South Carolina. Reading transports Sylvia into the thick of the Civil War and to Edisto Island in the years afterward, where a group of ex-slaves formed a quilting circle." . "The lost quilter an Elm Creek quilts novel" . . . . "Large print books." . . "Quiltmakers." . . "Virginia" . . "Quilting Fiction." . . "QUILTING Fiction." . "Compson, Sylvia (Personnage fictif) Romans." . . "Underground railroad Fiction." . . "Genealogy Fiction." . . "GENEALOGY Fiction." . "Quilting-fiction Underground Railway-fiction." . . "Généalogie Romans." . . "DOMESTIC FICTION." . . "Large type books." . . "Quilting." . .