Kansas Troubles Quilt Block and Domestic Violence in A Thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick

 

Do you love to quilt AND love to read?  I invite you to join the free, online Quilters' Book Club.  Each month, we read a book, discuss it through comments on my blog posts, and then make a quilt block to represent that book.  I research several potential blocks to go with the book's themes, setting, main characters, and events.  And I find the patterns free on the internet, making it easy for everyone to access.  Each member can choose the block or blocks they'd like to make.

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Our book to read and discuss during April 2014 is A Thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick.  It's the second book of her Cobbled Court Quilts series.  Get the book from your local library or bookstore and join us!  It's also available on Kindle right here. 

In A Thread of Truth, the author sensitively takes on the difficult subject of domestic violence.  "According to a 2005 CDC survey, one in four American women have been abused by a husband or boyfriend - and on average more than three women are murdered by their husband or boyfriend every year."  (page 342, A Thread of Truth).  Marie gives readers a window into domestic violence as seen through the eyes of the main character, Ivy Peterman. 

If you would like to create a quilt block to represent this theme of domestic violence, here are some ideas to get you started.  Clicking on each quilt block title will lead you to the free pattern.    

Cross and Chains Quilt Block

Hard Times Quilt Block

Job's Tears Quilt Block shown below

Kansas Troubles Quilt Block shown above

What would you do if you thought someone you knew was being abused by a significant other?  To whom would you turn if it happened to you?  Inquiring minds want to know!  By commenting, you'll be entering this month's give-away of Marie Bostwick's newest book APART AT THE SEAMS, coming out the end of this month.  Three lucky people will each win a copy, courtesy of Kensington Publishing!  If you are reading this via email, you must click on the title of my blog post to be able to comment and read the comments of others.  The winner will be announced on May 1.

Looking ahead to the May Book Selection: These Is My Words: the Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy Turner, Historical Fiction based on the life of the author's great-grandmother, set in Arizona Territory, 1881-1901
 
You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post Brotherly Love Quilt Block on National Sibling Day.

Brotherly Love Quilt Block on National Sibling Day

Brotherly Love Quilt Block Pattern Information

 

I grew up with two sisters and no brothers - in other words, a "girl" family.  In contrast, there are 19 males and only 4 females in three generations of my husband's family.  All that testosterone took some getting used to when I first married into that family!  

 

But then . . .

 

I had three

 

 wonderful sons

 

and I can't imagine anything else!

Did you know that wild turkey brothers are lifelong companions? 

That's what I hope for my sons, too.

 

Do you have siblings?  Inquiring minds want to know!  By commenting, you'll be entering this month's give-away of Marie Bostwick's newest book APART AT THE SEAMS, coming out the end of this month.  Three lucky people will each win a copy, courtesy of Kensington Publishing!  If you are reading this via email, you must click on the title of my blog post to be able to comment and read the comments of others.  The winner will be announced on May 1.

 

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post April Redwork Birdie Stitches and All Those Hard-Boiled Eggs.