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  1. Sunnie
    USA
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    The Christmas Quilt
    May 21, 2014
    Sunnie
    USA
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    This review was written for The Christmas Quilt, Quilts of Love Series #11.
    I just finished reading The Christmas Quilt and really enjoyed this. I would gladly say that the author wove together a beautiful story of peace, forgiveness and family ties.

    The story begins as two young Amish women are preparing for their marriages on the same day. Annie and Leah share their feelings of joy and happiness at the coming of this happy event. The story progresses as both women, now married, are both expecting a child, or in the case of Leah, twins. Leah is married to Annie's brother and as her pregnancy advances she is no longer feeling the closeness to her husband and their marriage does not appear to be as happy as she had hoped or expected it to be at the time of their wedding.

    Leah's pregnancy starts to have complications and some serious problems associated with it. As time progresses, her husband, Adam, finds her curled up on the floor in the middle of the night. Realizing that she needs more help than he himself can provide for her, he contacts Annie and her husband, Samuel, for help. Samuel having some medical knowledge, himself, realizes that he too must call for help and an ambulance is summoned. Leah is brought to the hospital and after a time, it is realized she must go to yet another hospital for the care her two unborn children are so in need of. This will take her farther from her family but it seems there is no option.

    Annie realizing that Adam needs to care for their home and continue to work to help pay for the hospital expenses, finds a place near the hospital where she can stay and take care of Leah's needs.

    Each day she works on a quilt for Leah. The quilt takes on significant meaning as the two share scripture time together and special stories together. The two become close as the time progresses and Leah realizes how much Adam still means to her and Adam finds he too, greatly misses his wife. As the two await their child, their Amish community comes together to find ways to help them with their expenses due to the extended hospital stay.

    The stories and scriptural references begin to bind the two women together and help to calm Leah's fears and apprehension of the expected earlier birth of their children. With each day the tender feelings between Adam and Leah seem to be returning. This story gives wonderful hope that we can all find ways to heal wounds that have torn us apart from those that are the most important to us in our lives. It is a sweet book that helps us mend our souls.
  2. Britt98
    Grand Prairie, TX
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A Beautiful Story
    January 14, 2014
    Britt98
    Grand Prairie, TX
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Christmas Quilt, Quilts of Love Series #11.
    In The Christmas Quilt, Vannetta Chapman takes readers back to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and to the characters from her book, A Simple Amish Christmas. It was so wonderful to step back into this community and see how everyone was doing! A Simple Amish Christmas was the first book I read that was written by this author and it is one of my all time favorite books. You can read The Christmas Quilt as a stand alone book, as Mrs. Chapman has done a good job of explaining the back story. However, your reading of The Christmas Quilt will be enhanced if you will read A Simple Amish Christmas first.

    There are two sets of main characters in this book. Annie and Samuel are happily married and expecting their first child (boppli). Their love has grown over the two years of their marriage and this is a very exciting time for them. Leah and Adam are the other set of main characters and really the primary focus of this story. They both love each other, but their two year marriage is struggling. The struggles began during Leah's pregnancy with twins that she is currently going through. What should be a joyous time for the couple has turned into arguments and much misunderstanding.

    The author has woven into The Christmas Quilt a beautiful story of healing. Through a scary and dangerous end of her pregnancy, Leah and Annie bond even closer than before. Through stories exemplifying different fruits of the spirit, a crib quilt and a marriage are stitched back together. These well-written characters truly felt like family. I so enjoyed the stories that were told as the quilt came together. And I loved seeing the story from the different points of view of the characters. Being able to see how Leah perceived a situation versus how Adam saw it, I was able to feel compassion for both characters.

    This was a wonderful book that I highly recommend to fans of Amish fiction and romance.
  3. MaryAnn
    OR
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Heartwarming story of Amish family
    December 28, 2013
    MaryAnn
    OR
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Christmas Quilt, Quilts of Love Series #11.
    Annie and Samuel Yoder often work together ministering to the health needs of their Amish community and delivering babies. Soon they will have their own newborn, but first their sister-in-law Leah will deliver twins. The two women are close friends, and their lives and pregnancies are quilted together with love and faith. Annie, a registered nurse, proves invaluable to Leah and Adam, as they deal with conflict in their relationship and the impending birth.

    This touching novel gives one the sense of being involved in this close-knit Amish family as well as appreciation for the life lessons learned. It's a true-to-life story of love and devotion and commitment, appropriate for any time of year. Although the title mentions Christmas, the holiday plays quite a small part in the story.

    This stand-alone novel is part of the Quilts of Love series, where each book focuses on the story behind a particular quilt. And The Christmas Quilt also contains snippets of other short stories to accompany the biblical theme of Annie's quilted baby gift. I highly recommend this book by Vannetta Chapman.
  4. debwilson
    Summerfield, FL
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    December 17, 2013
    debwilson
    Summerfield, FL
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Annie's life is deliciously full as the Christmas season approaches. She helps her husband, Samuel, attend to the community's minor medical needs. She occasionally assists Belinda, the local midwife, and most days, she finds herself delivering the buggy to her brother Adam. Annie's sister-in-law Leah is due to deliver their first child before Christmas morning, and Annie is determined to finish a crib quilt before the boppli arrives. With six weeks to go, she should have no problem . . . but God may have a different plan. Leah is rushed to the English hospital when the infant arrives early, and Annie discovers the Christmas quilt may hold a far greater significance than she ever imagined.

    My Review:

    I know it's probably wrong to find enjoyment from Adam and Leah's marital problems, but it made the story so much more interesting. It wasn't the typical Amish story, and I enjoyed the well-written description of the quilt that was in the making by Annie. The nine squares represent the nine gifts of the spirit, and I thought it was beautifully detailed.

    Between all the drama of one couple's relationship issues, the dramatic baby story, and the way nothing seems to go right; the author clearly states that God is a vital part of these stories. This novel is all about learning to love, even though I wouldn't say it is a romance.

    This book was provided by the publisher through Litfuse Nest for free in exchange for an honest review.
  5. DonnasBookshelf
    Tennessee
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    I laughed and cried with them!
    December 15, 2013
    DonnasBookshelf
    Tennessee
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Christmas Quilt, Quilts of Love Series #11.
    I had no idea when I agreed to review several books for Abingdon Press that I would receive such a blessing from them. These two novels by Vanetta Chapman have been more joyful to read than many others... well, maybe I shouldn't go too far, since I have several favorite authors and I love reading their books, too. But I will say that these two novels will be read and re-read many, many times!

    The Christmas Quilt is a sequel to A Simple Amish Christmas where the story of Samuel and Annie first began, and this novel picks it up at the perfect time... in A Simple Amish Christmas, Samuel proposes to Annie at the end... and The Christmas Quilt begins with their wedding...

    It was fun to read about Annie and Samuel again... I so enjoyed reading about how their attraction to each other took them both by surprise! In this sequel, after delivering many others, Annie is finally expecting her own baby. But her new sister-in-law Leah is also expecting. I laughed and cried with them as they struggled through the joys and sorrows of life. I can't wait to read them both again!

    The Christmas Quilt is part of the Quilts of Love series and is definitely one of the books on my "keeper" shelf.

    I received this book free in exchange for an honest review from Abingdon Press, but my daughter had already bought a copy, so she has decided to bless a friend with her copy.

    If you get the chance, buy both of the books and read A Simple Amish Christmas first, then jump right into The Christmas Quilt! I am certain you will enjoy every minute!
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