![]() Comprised mostly of the memoir, the narrative stitches its way from Gerda’s compelling tales of the Bergstrom’s success in the New World to the contemporary mystery of the Runaway Quilt, whose provenance is revealed at the end (though apparent earlier). Conveniently, the clues are housed right in the attic of Elm Creek Manor, where Sylvia finds three quilts and a memoir written by Gerda, the spinster sister of Sylvia’s relative Hans Bergstrom and his wife Anneke, mid–19th-century German immigrants. Thus the mystery begins, with Sarah afraid that her ancestors may have been involved in slavery. While she’s lecturing down south, Sylvia is shown a quilt, now in the possession of a southern family, that makes obvious references to Elm Creek Manor and is ominously named the Runaway Quilt. ![]() With young Sarah as assistant, Sylvia’s ancestral home of Elm Creek Manor has been successfully reinvented as a summer camp for quilters. ![]() Quilting, the Underground Railroad, and the struggles of immigrants in Pennsylvania all find a place in this passable fourth in the Elm Creek Quilts series ( The Cross-Country Quilters, 2001, etc.). ![]()
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