First published 2014
An elderly woman steps into her childhood home for the first time in fifty years, ready to celebrate Christmas where she once belonged. The familiar rooms hold their silence until she discovers something unexpected: an incomplete Christmas quilt tucked away and forgotten. Each patch and stitch pulls her backward through decades of memories she thought she had left behind. The unfinished needlework becomes a bridge between her past and present, forcing her to confront what she lost when she left this house so long ago. As Christmas approaches, the quilt holds more than fabric and thread. It carries the weight of family bonds, the ache of separation, and the possibility that some things broken can still be mended.
Genres: fiction, family, christmas, historical-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Period: 20th-century
221 pages · Paperback · De Boekerij