The Runaway Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

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After learning of her family's ties to the slaveholding South, Sylvia Compson scours her attic for clues and discovers a window into the world of her ancestors: the memoir of her great-grandfather's spinster sister, Gerda Bergstrom. Gerda's memoir chronicles the founding of Elm Creek Manor and the tumultuous years when Hans, Anneke, and Gerda Bergstrom sheltered fugitive slaves within its walls, using quilts as a signal of sanctuary. But little did the staunchly abolitionist Gerda know that a traitor was among them, placing the Bergstroms in grave danger and leading to family discord, betrayal, and a secret held for generations. With the help of the Elm Creek Quilters and clues hidden within antique quilts discovered in the manor's attic, Sylvia stitches together the pieces of her past and decodes the true nature of the Bergstrom legacy.

Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, five collections of quilt projects, and several historical fiction novels. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin. To learn more, visit JenniferChiaverini.com.

"One of the most compelling storytellers I've read.... This is a series that has touched my heart. Chiaverini makes her characters and plots so real readers feel as if they've stepped back in time." --Jean Peerenboom, Green Bay Press-Gazette "One of the most compelling storytellers I've read.... This is a series that has touched my heart. Chiaverini makes her characters and plots so real readers feel as if they've stepped back in time." --Jean Peerenboom, Green Bay Press-Gazette