The release date for the English version of 'The Quilter's Apprentice' by
Jennifer Chiaverini is Apr 2000. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Sarah McClure finds it difficult to secure a satisfying career after relocating to the tiny college town of Waterford, Pennsylvania, with her spouse Matt. She consents to assist 75-year-old Sylvia Compson with getting her family's estate, Elm Creek Manor, ready for sale in the meantime. This irascible old lady, an expert quilter, gives Sarah instruction in the trade as part of her recompense.
Mrs. Compson shares in their classes how tragedy, envy, and treachery tore her family apart, and her tales make Sarah confront hard realities about her own estrangement from her mother, who is now widowed. Mrs. Compson tells Sarah the real reason she wants to sell Elm Creek Manor as their relationship grows. So that Mrs. Compson may maintain her house and Sarah can keep her dear friend, Sarah in turn looks for a means to revive the estate and make it joyful again.
The Quilter's Apprentice imparts profound knowledge about friendship, family, and sisterhood as well as how to piece together a life like a quilt using time, love, and patience to piece together disparate and mismatched pieces to create a stunning whole.