The Christmas Quilt
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- Synopsis
- This is such fine writing that the reader will have trouble remembering that this is a novel! "Danged if sitting here doesn't make it easy to remember all these things. I sit in a rocking chair near the stove, warming my feet, looking at Granny's Christmas quilt hung up on the wall. It hangs there prettier to me than anything I saw on the walls of museums in Europe. Daddy told me after Uncle Joe died that he'd gotten with old man Baker and told him to pull that quilt out before Granny got buried. He said on the one hand he understood that Uncle Joe wanted to give Granny something special like that. On the other hand he thought it foolishness to let something Granny had poured her heart into follow her to the grave. He said Granny wouldn't have wanted that that her gift was for people to see and get joy from. He had kept it, intending to give it back to Uncle Joe if he ever indicated that he was sorry he'd put the quilt in. But Uncle Joe never did, so it wasn't until he died that Daddy pulled it out. And from that day on we took care of it because it was, we all reckoned, the most precious family heirloom we had. ... "I hear cars coming down off the main road, right about dusk it is, so I get up from my comfortable spot, put on my shoes and coat, and go out to greet the family as they come in. I want to greet them with a greeting that's big like the Christmas quilt star is big, one that says, "Love lives here." So I go out the front door, and I stand on the front porch. I see them all coming down the road, the tires of the cars making little tracks. Danged if it hasn't been snowing while I sat reminiscing. And I look around, and I figure it's not such a bad thing after all, one small flake following another, settling on the ground soft like a kiss from heaven, covering Smoky Hollow like a blanket of grace that shines white with goodness. ..."
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 273 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 07/27/04
- Copyrighted By:
- Thomas J. Davis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Pamela Bortz
- Proofread By:
- Lena
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.