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(More customer reviews)I am pretty much addicted to the Cobbled Court novels of Marie Bostwick, and this is a great addition to the series. As a quilter, I especially love reading about the circle of women attached to the quilt shop in a quaint Connecticut town.
But what Bostwick has done this time is to reach farther outside that circle, introducing some compelling new characters, and setting her story in the difficult present, ripping one character's story right out of recent headlines. Madelyn Beecher is coming back to her hometown with her tail very much tucked between her legs: her Bernie Madoff-like husband has just been sentenced to jail, and she's got little left beyond her designer wardrobe -- which she must sell to survive -- other than the rundown house where she grew up berated by her mean grandmother.
Bostwick writes uplifting, affirming books, which we all need about now, without being maudlin and sappy. Yes, some of her characters are fueled by their religious faith, but there isn't a lot of blatant preaching here.
You can certainly read and enjoy this book without reading the three previous books in the series, but after you read this, I promise you will want to. Lucky you!
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The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruff's herbal apothecary shop, For the Love of Lavender, is suffering. So is her once-happy thirty-four-year marriage to Lee. They'd given up everything to come back to New Bern from Boston and start their business, but now they're wondering if they made the right decision. To relieve the strain, Tessa signs up for a quilting class at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop, and to her surprise, rediscovers the power of sisterhood - along with the childhood friend she thought she'd lost forever...Madelyn Beecher left New Bern twenty years ago and never looked back. But when her husband is convicted of running a Ponzi scheme and she's left with nothing but her late grandmother's cottage, she is forced to return to the town she fled. Unfortunately, the cottage is in terrible shape. Madelyn's only hope is to transform it into an inn. But to succeed, she'll need the help of her fellow quilters, including the one friend she never thought she'd see again - or forgive.Now Madelyn and Tessa will have to relive old memories, forge new ones, and realize it's possible to start over, one stitch at a time - as long as you're surrounded by friends...
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