The memoir raises new questions for every one it answers, leading Sylvia ever deeper into the tangle of the Bergstrom legacy. When a runaway named Joanna arrives from a South Carolina plantation pregnant with her master's child, the Bergstroms shelter her through a long, dangerous winter - imagining neither the impact of her presence nor the betrayal that awaits them. The memoir describes the founding of Elm Creek Manor and how, using quilts as markers, Hans, his wife, Anneke, and Gerda came to beckon fugitive slaves to safety within its walls. *Alerted to the possibility that her family had ties to the slaveholding South, Sylvia scours her attic and finds three quilts and a memoir written by Gerda, the spinster sister of clan patriarch Hans Bergstrom. On my blog, that part is posted in italics, but since I don't know how to do italics in a message here, I've marked the beginning and end of the italic section with * I always start a review with a summary of the book, often taken from the author's site. Hi all! I'm new here and thought I'd dip my toes in the water by posting a review for review :).
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