02758cam a2200421 i 4500 1277596939 TxAuBib 20240522120000.0 230410s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023016392 9780063080799 hardcover 0063080796 hardcover (OCoLC)1377553337 TxAuBib rda Chiaverini, Jennifer. The museum of lost quilts / Jennifer Chiaverini. First edition. New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] ©2024. 307 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Elm Creek quilts novel, An ; 22 "Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master's degree in history at the University of Chicago. Her unexpected return home to the celebrated quilter's retreat is met with delight but also concern from her mother, Gwen; her best friend, Sarah; master quilter Sylvia; and her other colleagues--and rightly so. Stymied by writer's block, Summer hasn't finished her thesis, and she can't graduate until she does. 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's research uncovers startling facts about Waterford's past, prompting unsettling questions about racism, economic injustice, and political corruption within their community, past and present. As Summer's work progresses, quilt lovers and history buffs praise the growing collection, but affronted local leaders demand that she remove all references to Waterford's troubled history. As controversy threatens the exhibit's 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20240522. Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character) Fiction. College students Fiction. Quilting Fiction. Quiltmakers Fiction. Women Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. History Societies, etc Fiction. Pennsylvania Fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. fast An Elm Creek quilts novel ; 22.