Review: Changing Seasons of Friendship
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
Mona Hodgson continues the saga of families in Saint Charles with book three in the "Quilted Heart Series," Ripples Along the Shore. Book two introduced us to Caroline Milburn, newly widowed, as we discover the ravages of the Civil War on other Missouri families; her sister Jewel and her quilting friends Harriet and Anna.Caroline has softened her attitude toward the wagon master, Garrett Cowlishaw, with the Boone's Lick Wagon Train Company. She can almost forgive him for being on the other side of the fighting in the war which killed her husband. Half of the families in the Quilting Circle are planning to travel west to California. Caroline can no longer tolerate her sister's husband and takes his advice to join the wagon train.Conflict ensues once more when Mr. Cowlishaw explains that single women may not travel alone on the treacherous journey. God's providence steps in to work all things to the good of those that love the LORD.Mrs. Brantenberg, the widow who holds the quilting circle on her farm, says, "The LORD has quilted our hearts together in those seasons of love and loss, sorrow and joy.  Life's changing seasons are as persistent as the ripples along the shore."Two quilts will serve to keep the friends connected as one quilt will remain in Saint Charles and the other will go out west. A circular letter written by the ladies will keep in touch with the changes in their lives.The third book is a bridge into the new series, "Hearts Seeking Home." Each book celebrated the romantic relationships of the ladies in the quilting circle. Book two has several weddings. While the novellas of first series are short in length, Prairie Song is a full length novel.I received this e-book from Waterbrook Multnomah for review.