The Quilted Heart by Mona Hodgson

Here we have 3 Novellas in one book, each one focuses on a woman in Missouri, in 1865, right after the Confederate War. Each of these three women, have different hardships, and trials as they try to navigate through a difficult time in history.

In the first novella, Maren, has travelled from Denmark, to marry a man, who did not want her once he saw her, and now she is losing her sight.

In the second tale, a young Emile, lives with her widowed father who has grand ideas who she should see and who she should marry.

The third story is about a young wife Caroline, who finds out that he young husband has been killed in the war, so as a widow what should she now do, and when the idea of joining a wagon train to California comes up, she is thwarted by a gentleman she does not like or does she.

Review: A good read, suitable for the women of our congregation. This book can be found in the fiction part of the church Library. Check it out today!

Reviewed by: Susan Walmsley