Sonoma rose
By: by Jennifer Chiaverini
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: An Elm Creek quilts novel
Publisher: Wheeler Pub.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Waterville, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 599
ISBN-13: 9781594135972
Subjects: Hispanic American women; Fiction; Abused wives; Illicit Distilling; Prohibition; Wineries; Quiltmakers; Large type books; Historical fiction; Romance fiction; Américaines d'origine latino-américaine; Romans, nouvelles; Femmes victimes de violence; Distillation clandestine d'alcool; Livres en gros caractères; Large print books
Description: With the nation in the throes of Prohibition, Rosa Diaz Barclay unwittingly discovers that her husband, John, has given over the duties of their Southern California rye farm in favor of armed bootlegging. Fearing the safety of her four beloved children, Rosa flees, with little more than a suitcase filled with John's ill-gotten gains and her heirloom quilts. Accompanying her is Lars, a good but flawed man who is the father of two of her children. Under assumed names, Lars and Rosa hire on at a Sonoma County vineyard, seeking not only refuge from danger, but convalescence for two of the children, who suffer from a mysterious wasting disease. The devotion of the Italian-American community to the craft of viticulture inspires Rosa to acquire a vineyard of her own, even as she discovers firsthand its inherent hardships and dangers winemakers face in such turbulent times.