{"id":16613,"date":"2014-03-24T23:23:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T04:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=16613"},"modified":"2014-03-24T23:23:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T04:23:46","slug":"maybelle-in-stitches-by-joyce-magnin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=16613","title":{"rendered":"Maybelle In Stitches by Joyce Magnin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span><\/center>
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/center>
is introducing<\/span><\/center>
Maybelle In Stitches<\/a><\/span><\/center>
Abingdon Press (March 18, 2014)<\/center>
by<\/center>
Joyce Magnin<\/a><\/span><\/center>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A word from the Author:<\/b><\/p>\n

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I am the author of seven novels. Five adult novels and two middle grade readers. I never wanted to do anything else but write and every day I wake up astonished that I get to do what I always dreamed about. My days are filled with words and images along with the usual family stuff. I have three children, Rebekah who is married to Joshua. They have three of the most adorable boys on the planet, Lemuel, Cedar and Soren. My daughter Emily Kate is a lovely young woman anthropologist and my son Adam is fourteen and a student–he’s a genius who loves frogs and lizards and fish and plants. He amazes me.<\/p>\n

I have never eaten a scallop. I love cream soda. Drink way too much coffee. I do not like elevators but I do enjoy needle arts and of course books. I prefer jazz over country (no offense), milk chocolate over dark, but not roller coasters although my life has often resembled a roller coaster ride.<\/p>\n

One of my life’s desires is to meet Amy Grant so I can tell her she saved my life.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Joyce and her books on her Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maybelle can\u2019t sew. But when she finds an unfinished quilt in the attic of her mother\u2019s house, she gets the crazy idea to complete it. At first, it\u2019s just a way to fill the lonely nights while her husband, staff sergeant Holden Kanzinzki, is away fighting in World War II.<\/p>\n

Yet when Maybelle discovers that the quilt is made from scraps of material that can be traced back through her family heritage, the project is suddenly much more important. Then word comes that Holden is missing in action, and with little else to do, Maybelle clings to the quilt as much as to the hope that her husband is still alive. As neighborhood friends gather around Maybelle to help her through the unknown days and nights ahead, it is the quilt that becomes a symbol of her unflagging belief that Holden will return\u2014to her, to their home, and to their quilt-covered bed.<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the first chapter of Maybelle In Stitches<\/a>, go HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybelle In Stitches<\/a> is one of the latest additions to the Abingdon Press Quilts of Love<\/em> series. Although I did have a bit more difficulty getting into the story, I found plenty to interest me once I did. The story takes place during World War 2 with a primary focus on the wives of soldiers fighting in the war. As these women waited for their husbands to return home, they not only managed their homes but often worked in factories to help the war effort. Maybelle and her best friend Doris both work as welderettes on ships but their evenings and weekends are extremely lonely and long. Working together on a quilt started by Maybelle’s mother, the friends and a few other military wives fill their free time putting together a quilt of hope.<\/p>\n

The story manages to give the reader insight into the lives of these women as they experience life without their husbands and go through good times and tragedy together. A strong emphasis on the faithfulness of God no matter what the circumstance is present throughout the narrative. Another major theme is the importance of friendship in our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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