The Sugar Camp Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini; Simon & Schuster Publishing, 2006 Reviewed by Martha "Marty" Richards
The Sugar Camp Quilt is a fine historical fiction novel, set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania in the years prior to the Civil War. Author Chiaverini's seventh book in the "Elm Creek Quilt" series centers on the operation of the Underground Railroad, and the use of quilts as "markers" to show the way to freedom. I enjoyed the wonderful characters and the storyline. Ann Hood's The Knitting Circle has very compelling characterizations of a group of women (and two men) who knit to deal with loss, grief and healing. I also enjoyed Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout. This very well written series of short vignettes feature a central character--Olive Kitteridge--who is often brash, outspoken, yet strangely sympathetic as she injects herself into daily life in a small East Coast community.
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