{"id":16741,"date":"2014-04-14T02:51:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T07:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=16741"},"modified":"2014-04-12T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T01:52:37","slug":"maybelle-in-stitches-by-joyce-magnin-litfuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=16741","title":{"rendered":"Maybelle in Stitches by Joyce Magnin – Litfuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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\u2019s 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

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This book was provided for review by LitFuse Publicity.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

\"MaybelleMaybelle In Stitches<\/b><\/em> | A Quilts of Love book.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybelle Kazinzki can\u2019t sew. She was after all, the only girl in the seventh grade Home Economics class to sew the zipper in the neck hole of the A-Line dress they were supposed to make. But when she finds an unfinished quilt in the attic of her mother\u2019s house she gets the crazy idea to finish it\u2014somehow, come heck or high water. She thinks it will help fill the lonely nights while her husband, Holden, is serving overseas during World War II.<\/p>\n

Her recently departed mother\u2019s quilt is made from scraps of material Maybelle traces back to her mother\u2019s childhood, her grandmother\u2019s childhood and her own childhood. She tries to add one of Holden\u2019s stripes to it but the sewing is not going well and neither is her life. After receiving some harsh news, Maybelle\u2019s faith falters and she puts the quilt away and stops trusting God. But God is faithful- no matter what. And it\u2019ll take a group of neighborhood women armed with quilting needles to help Maybelle believe that.<\/p>\n

Learn more and purchase a copy at the Quilts of Love site<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

\"JoyceJoyce Magnin is the author of the Bright\u2019s Pond novels, including the award-winning The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow. A member of the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Fellowship, Joyce is a frequent workshop leader and the organizer of the StoryCrafters fiction group. She lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Joyce at http:\/\/www.quiltsoflovebooks.com\/products\/31\/Maybelle-in-Stitches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t miss the newest Quilts of Love<\/a> book, Maybelle in Stitches<\/a><\/em>, by Joyce Magnin.<\/strong>\u00a0Maybelle 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.<\/p>\n

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