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The Runaway Quilt
The fourth book in the popular Elm Creek Quilts series explores a question that has long captured the imagination of quilters and historians alike: Did stationmasters of the Underground Railroad use quilts to signal to fugitive slaves?

In her first novel, The Quilter's Apprentice, Jennifer Chiaverini wove quilting lore with tales from the World War II home front. Now, following Round Robin and The Cross-Country Quilters, Chiaverini revisits the legends of Elm Creek Manor, as Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' courageous involvement in the Underground Railroad.

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. 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. 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 raises new questions for every one it answers, leading Sylvia ever deeper into the tangle of the Bergstrom legacy. Aided by the Elm Creek Quilters, as well as by descendants of others named in Gerda's tale, Sylvia dares to face the demons of her family's past and at the same time reaffirm her own moral center. A spellbinding fugue on the mysteries of heritage, The Runaway Quilt unfolds with all the drama and suspense of a classic in the making.
The Museum of Lost Quilts

The Museum of Lost Quilts

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Museum of Lost Quilts

The Museum of Lost Quilts

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Museum of Lost Quilts

The Museum of Lost Quilts

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Canary Girls

Canary Girls

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Canary Girls

Canary Girls

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Switchboard Soldiers

Switchboard Soldiers

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Switchboard Soldiers

Switchboard Soldiers

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Women's March

The Women's March

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Women's March

The Women's March

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Christmas Boutique

The Christmas Boutique

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Christmas Boutique

The Christmas Boutique

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Resistance Women

Resistance Women

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Resistance Women

Resistance Women

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule

Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Apprentice

The Quilter's Apprentice

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Round Robin

Round Robin

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Runaway Quilt

The Runaway Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Apprentice

The Quilter's Apprentice

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Round Robin

Round Robin

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Circle of Quilters

Circle of Quilters

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Circle of Quilters

Circle of Quilters

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Aloha Quilt

The Aloha Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Aloha Quilt

The Aloha Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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A Quilter's Holiday

A Quilter's Holiday

Jennifer Chiaverini

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A Quilter's Holiday

A Quilter's Holiday

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Lost Quilter

The Lost Quilter

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Kitchen

The Quilter's Kitchen

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Kitchen

The Quilter's Kitchen

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Winding Ways Quilt

The Winding Ways Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The New Year's Quilt

The New Year's Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Sugar Camp Quilt

The Sugar Camp Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Christmas Quilt

The Christmas Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Master Quilter

The Master Quilter

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Master Quilter

The Master Quilter

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Legacy

The Quilter's Legacy

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Sugar Camp Quilt

The Sugar Camp Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Legacy

The Quilter's Legacy

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Christmas Quilt

The Christmas Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Quilter's Homecoming

The Quilter's Homecoming

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The Cross-Country Quilters

The Cross-Country Quilters

Jennifer Chiaverini

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