Another good one - I love this series! ( )

While The Quilter's Homecoming offers a welcome backstory to the Elm Tree Quilts books,
the plot is way too convoluted, repetitive, and depressing.

And, the final tragedy of Rosa - after enduring the unbearable extended and inexplicable deaths of her children followed by beatings by her insane husband - was too much tragedy. ( )

I picked this up because it was a Kindle deal of the day. The story was pretty good, but I enjoyed the setting -- the Conejo Valley in the early 1900s. It was a surprise to me, and it was fun reading about familiar landmarks. ( )

Very predictable. I saw every "twist" coming.

But it was a nice bit of fluff.

It is part of a series. I would like to check out more. ( )

I knew I read this before! From my notes: Beautiful, tearjerker story Elizabeth and Henry, newly married, make their way to their new California ranch, only to discover they'd been swindled and the ranch belongs to someone else. The Jorgensen's take pity on them and hire Henry for the ranch and Elizabeth to help with the house,,,,and let them live in an old cabin as part of the rent. The story meanders between the 1920's with Elizabeth and Henry, and the late 1800's with Rosa, whom Elizabeth befriends. Turns out that Rosa's husband John is in with the mob, and Rosa's old boyfriend Lars is still seeing her. In the end, Rosa and Lars flee from John, who gets imprisoned for racketeering. And 10 years later, Rosa's old farm just happens to be put up for sale to Henry and Elizabeth for pennies on the dollar. ( )