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    Sonoma Rose
    Sonoma Rose
    Sonoma Rose
    Audiobook13 hours

    Sonoma Rose

    Written by Jennifer Chiaverini

    Narrated by Christina Moore

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini's delightful Elm Creek Quilts series features strong women who face life head-on and chronicle their triumphs and tragedies in elaborate quilts. Here, listeners meet Rosa Diaz Barclay, a woman fighting for her family's survival in Prohibition-era Southern California. "Jennifer Chiaverini's strength is not only writing strong female characters, but also placing them in interesting lives and times." -New York Review of Books
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 21, 2012
    ISBN9781464008290
    Sonoma Rose
    Author

    Jennifer Chiaverini

    Jennifer Chiaverini is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-four novels, including critically acclaimed historical fiction and the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series. In 2020, she was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her novel Resistance Women. In 2023, the WLA awarded her the honor of Notable Wisconsin Author for her significant contributions to the state’s literary heritage. Chiaverini earned a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. She, her husband, and their two sons call Madison, Wisconsin home.

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    • 4/5
      Sonoma Rose This part of the quilt series is about Rosa in CA and she's had enough abuse and she and the children are fleeing along with John's strongbox. Her husband did not like her parents and they were not allowed at family events.She grabs the family quilts and photos and she knows John will follow her to the mesa, but he doesn't know of the caves...Her childhood friend Lars might be able to help save her and the children. Lots of secrets as to who the father is of the children but he just wants to protect her.Chapters go back in time to when they first met, who she selected for her spouse, etc With chapters of present time we are able to follow her life after she's left with help to tend to her children so they won't be so sick..Love the travel and how she seeks out doctors to help the kids. Like that he stands by her and that others are trying to shut down the moonshiners.Liked hearing of the process of wine from grapes. I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
    • 4/5
      Another lovely addition to the Elm Creek Quilt series. Some of the Elm Creek books have wandered to stories only loosely connected to the Elm Creek group itself, and this is one that shares only a loose connection with the Pennsylvania roots of the series. The storyline is strong, including spousal abuse, adultery, and children with chronic disease. The story is set in the Prohibition years, and the survival of the Sonoma vintners is another theme.Like most of Chiaverini's works, the book provides us with a warm story of strong women and families. If you enjoy the Elm Creek series, you will enjoy this one. I did.
    • 3/5
      Enjoyable read - didn't think the plot was anything great, although I enjoyed the characters. The ending was non-eventful. I enjoyed the Sonoma setting and history of the area.
    • 2/5
      I've read each of Chiaverini's books in the Elm Creek Quilts Collection and this one is thinly threaded to the others in the collection. Sadly, Chiaverini has wandered far from the original Elm Creek quilt theme but happily her forthcoming book will bring us all back to Elm Creek. I enjoyed reading this book but I much prefer Sylvia and the other women from Elm Creek.
    • 4/5
      I have been a fan of the Elm Creek Series since a fellow book reader alerted me to the series about 7 years ago. So, as soon as I saw this book was available to review I enthusiastically raised my hand and awaited for the book to cross the Atlantic.Initially, I could not see how this fitted with the theme of Elm Creek, but a few pages in and I recognised a name from an earlier book. This latest addition to the series is set as Prohibition rages; this book delves deeper than just a great storyline. It brings to life events and hardships that would have happened. The struggle for survival by those who lives were turned upset down by the impact of Prohibition.It is also the story of the relationships.Firstly between the main character Rosa and her brute and bully of a husband. I could feel Rosa's fear, not just for herself but for her children and the circumstances that she finds herself in and how she copes with those circumstances. It is also the story of her husband John, who struggles and fails with acceptance that he is second best for Rosa's love. John has tried to isolate Rosa. He tried hard to restrict her relationship with her parents and when her mother dies, Rosa is devastated. Later Rose contemplates if John is responsible.The second relationship is between Rosa and her first love, Lars, who is the father of two of four children. The characters are bought to life as we delve within the pages and it is very easy to get caught up with their lives. To feel their anguish, fear, worry, despair and love.Rosa should have left her husband long ago. The final straw is that he returns and sees her with a female friend. He is insistent that Lars is hiding and goes looking for him. Before he leaves he severely beats Rosa and hurts her friend. The friend drives off to warn Lars and Rosa gathers her children and some basic belongings and leaves. Just before she leaves one of her daughters tells her mother that there is something hidden in the barn. A quick explore and Rosa discovers that there is a stash of money hidden in the barn. Rosa takes some of the cash and subsequently takes the strong box with the deeds for the farm so that John can not sell it from under her. I applauded her quick thinking.Rosa takes her children and hides in a local cave; wrapping the children for warmth in the heirloom quilts made by her mother. Lars arrives and rescues her and the children, and they are fearful that John will catch up with them. John does not; he is arrested for his part in a bootlegging organisation.Rosa and Lars do get away. They take the children and Rosa to a local hospital. Although Rosa has four children, she has also had four children who have passed away. She is desperate to ensure that that two of her children, who are poorly are treated and to establish what is wrong with them.Rosa and Lars with the children have a new start, although it is not without it's problems and worries, but I do believe that they are as happy as they deserve to be. Perhaps the lives of Rosa and Lars will feature in a future book?This was another fabulous book in the Elm Creek series. The characters are rich in description and emotion, which is a theme carried across the entire series. The storyline was interesting and it is clear to see that the author has done lots of research to explore the wider issues around Prohibition and the medical issues involving the children. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading the next instalment in the series.Disclaimer - I received a copy of this book from the publisher. I was not paid for my review and the review is my genuine opinion of the book.
    • 3/5
      Enjoyed reading this novel about a young love that is derailed. Liked the history of the Prohibition era, but never having read the quilt stories, I expected there to be a bit more about the quilts. Will read more of her novels because I do like her easy writing style. These was alight easy read featuring a very strong woman who must overcome adversity to make her life with her first love possible. Also love the title and the cover.ARC from NetGalley.