Gail Cohen

Once Upon a Winter Quilt (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Despite a thorough search for a gift tag or card, Jon and Paulette couldn't find the name of the person who had left the unlikely gift of a quilt on the floor of their upscale Chicago high-rise during the Morgan's annual Yuletide party.

Though they consider the quilt a strange choice of gift, its presence triggers a collective longing. Lives carved out on the "fast track" had all but obliterated commitments made earlier in their marriage. Now, those hopes, and dreams are jogged by the quilt--which disappears as quickly as it had arrived.

As the Morgans examine their lives, the quilt begins an odyssey of its own. It's borrowed. Accidentally abandoned. Sold at a Cancer Society resale shop. Used to comfort a grieving child. The coverlet brings love to an elderly couple in the spring.

It is stolen and auctioned off by the Chicago Police Department before inspiring a wedding proposal and then sheltering a lonely woman following her suicide attempt. Seasons change and so do the lives of those in the quilt's path. By year's end, it's been washed, ironed, shrunk, and sanitized, but its vivid colors and cheery patterns remain as rich and meaningful as the cloth had appeared at the Morgan's gala.

When the holidays come around again, a shocked realtor finds the quilt in a repossessed house atop the body of the building's former owner. It's held in place by the woman's beloved cat who refuses to budge. Consequently, the coverlet and the feline are taken to The Cancer Society's resale shop. There, the story comes full circle when Jon and Paulette stop in to donate items they won't take to their new home in North Carolina.

Though inspiring and tender, Once Upon a Winter Quilt is also a fun, heartwarming, soul-searching work that's full of hope. Twelve chapters are structured to offer individual, quick reads. The quilt unfolds as the story does, evolving from a tightly bundled of cloth to a splendid symbol of hope.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gail Cohen
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798230170778
• Artikelnr.: 73406981

Autorenporträt

Gail Cohen's feature articles appeared in consumer and trade publications for 40+ years, including the Chicago Tribune, Northshore magazine and R.R. Bowker's Library Journal. Cohen authored two weekly columns and personality profiles for the Daily Herald (IL) newspaper. She self-published George's Wictionary! an homage to George W. Bush's spelling skills. Cohen's non-fiction books for Roman, Inc. include, Once Upon an Ark and Fontanini Nativity Stories. Cohen co-authored several Publications International gift books, Save the Last Stall for Me, and Heavy Petting a collection of quirky pet stories. Cohen uses her undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology to add depth to her eclectic list of writing projects. She has an odd sense of humor and a slew of children, grandchildren, ex-husbands, and ex-literary agents. Her most recent book, the Chronicles of Tuna, is being published by Pegasus in Spring 2025.