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Threading the Needle (Cobbled Quilt #4)
by
Marie Bostwick (Goodreads Author)
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick comes a beautiful novel of sisterhood lost and foundand of the ways we create the rich tapestries that encompass the past and the future. . .
The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruff's herbal apothecary shop, For the Love of Lavender, is suffering. So is her once-happy thirty-four-year mar
...morePaperback, 352 pages
Published
June 1st 2011
by Kensington
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Bought for Myself
Overall Rating 4.75
Character Rating 4.5
Story Rating 4.5
Audio Rating 5.0
NOTE: This is the 4th book in the Cobbled Court series but stands on its own. This is the first one in the series that I have read/listened too and didn't feel like I was missing much at all.
What I Loved: Both leads in Threading the Needle, Madeline and Tessa, both had characteristics that made me fall in love with their stories. Madeline's journey from awkward child that people thought was lazy to making it...more
Overall Rating 4.75
Character Rating 4.5
Story Rating 4.5
Audio Rating 5.0
NOTE: This is the 4th book in the Cobbled Court series but stands on its own. This is the first one in the series that I have read/listened too and didn't feel like I was missing much at all.
What I Loved: Both leads in Threading the Needle, Madeline and Tessa, both had characteristics that made me fall in love with their stories. Madeline's journey from awkward child that people thought was lazy to making it...more
Review by Valerie: For those of you that read like to read books about lifelong friendships, this one’s a must! In the newest book from the series, two friends, Madelyn and Tessa, tell their stories from childhood into adulthood in alternating chapters. While Tessa has what seems like the normal family life a child should have, Madelyn does not. After years of being inseparable, their friendship splinters and ends as boys and growing up enter the picture.
Now, years later, both women find themse...more
Now, years later, both women find themse...more
This is book #4 in a very sweet series. This book focuses less on the characters of the previous 3 books, but focuses on 2 new characters who were children in New Bern and left, but now returned. Definitely a feel good story.
"The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruff's herbal apothecary shop, For the Love of Lavender, is suffering. So is her once-happy thirty-four-year marriage to Lee. They'd given up everything to come back to New Bern from Boston and start their b...more
"The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruff's herbal apothecary shop, For the Love of Lavender, is suffering. So is her once-happy thirty-four-year marriage to Lee. They'd given up everything to come back to New Bern from Boston and start their b...more
Madelyn Beecher has been giving the good life for many years, spending willy-nilly and never wondering where a penny is coming from. Hers is a marriage of convenience, as she is the trophy wife, beautiful and able to make her way through upper society without a blip. She lacked knowledge and so was thought beautiful but dumb at one time but quickly remedied that by slowly reading through the dozen books her husband, Sterling Baron, insisted she read. All in all, Madelyn has overcome the horrible...more
At the age of twelve, Madelyn Beecher and her best friend Tessa Kover had a misunderstanding that ended their friendship. Madelyn lived with her father's mother Edna, an aloof and unpleasant woman who abused her granddaughter, who had few friends and was considered odd.
Decades later, Madelyn's wealthy husband Sterling Baron is arrested for running a Ponzi scheme, and with no money and nowhere else to go, she reluctantly returns to New Bern, Connecticut, to the house she inherited from her grandm...more
Decades later, Madelyn's wealthy husband Sterling Baron is arrested for running a Ponzi scheme, and with no money and nowhere else to go, she reluctantly returns to New Bern, Connecticut, to the house she inherited from her grandm...more
Sometimes returning to your hometown brings you newfound joy and happiness that is unexpected. This is the story that features two women who have done just that. Madolyn and Tessa. They were once good friends, until the early teen years when Tessa turned on Madolyn and said some pretty hurtful things. Madolyn wasn't quite like everyone else, but at her young age had gone through some terrible times and dealt with loss. She needed a friend, and that friend was Tessa.
Now, years and years later,...more
Now, years and years later,...more
With her fourth installment in the Cobbled Court Quilting series, Ms. Bostwick introduces us to two distinctly different women who, once friends, tragically fell apart as children and, only now after experiencing separate trials and heartaches, find healing and restoration in renewal of their friendship. As Tessa and Madelyn, with the help of the growing Cobbled Court quilting circle, both learn there's little we can do on our own when hard times hit. Loss, grief, failure, mistakes...they all re...more
Once again we find ourselves back in New Bern, CT. Tessa Woodruff grew up there and has now returned home with her husband. He has started a small farm and she has opened an herbal shop called For The Love of Lavender. At the age of 12 she told her best friend that she no longer wanted to spend all her time with her. As a grown up she regrets what she did but finds that she has to face her friend once again. Madelyn's husband is very rich but when he is convicted of a Ponzi scheme, he is sent to...more
If you think quilting is just for old fuddy-duddies, think again! This is a fun book of friendship and following your dreams. Here are a few favorite quotes:
"If you're just looking to reproduce somebody else's idea, you might as well buy a paint-by-numbers kit. Quilting isn't about replication. It's about self-expression, making it work, and making your own rules." - Virginia ( I would also add that it can be about re-purposing, reusing and recycling!)
"Quilting fabric is calorie-free, nontoxic,...more
"If you're just looking to reproduce somebody else's idea, you might as well buy a paint-by-numbers kit. Quilting isn't about replication. It's about self-expression, making it work, and making your own rules." - Virginia ( I would also add that it can be about re-purposing, reusing and recycling!)
"Quilting fabric is calorie-free, nontoxic,...more
I'd really give this 4-1/2 stars... for it's genre it is far, far better than most. The cover suggests a comparison with Debbie Macomber, but Marie Bostwick's books are quite a bit better than those of Macomber, though not as well known.
Threading the Needle is the most recent in Bostwick's Cobblestone Court Quilt series. I know that Marie is an accomplished and dedicated quilter. I am not, but do not find the books overly focused on that craft. They are definitely "chick" books, but each is stan...more
Threading the Needle is the most recent in Bostwick's Cobblestone Court Quilt series. I know that Marie is an accomplished and dedicated quilter. I am not, but do not find the books overly focused on that craft. They are definitely "chick" books, but each is stan...more
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This book is a lightly read novel that brings with it some interesting views of women entroproneurs (sp?). Tow best friends break their friendships in their yourng years and find themselves moving back to their home town as adults. They are both starting businesses for supporting themselves. One starts a business based on the need of the area and one starts a business on the love she has of herbs. They both get something they did not bargin for in their lives as business women. Both join a quilt...more
I love this book. Reading Marie Bostwick's books are always comforting and relaxing and definitely inspiring. This book is a refreshing change of pace about two old friends who reconnected again 30 years later after an incident in middle school that caused a split between the two of them. The other familiar characters of Cobblestone Court are there but they're mainly in the background as occassional characters, so this is a nice change of pace in Bostwick's collection of excellent books! I love...more
I had a hard time getting into the book at first. I admit, it was expectation of what I wanted to read. I was waiting for "my" friends at the Cobblestone Quilt Store to lead off the story.... but instead found 2 new main characters I didn't know. But, I am glad I continued reading. What delightful friends these new characters became and I didn't want the book to end....... I wanted to see how they changed and grew in their new adventures. Marie, please continue the series. I want to see what hap...more
Marie Bostwick's Cobbled Court series just gets better and better. I was a little disconcerted when I realized the main characters from the previous books didn't play as big a role this time as they have in the past. After I "got over" that, I thought the book was wonderful. All of these books are really stories of strong friendships among women as well as quilting. They are a joy to read, and I always learn something about myself or something to hopefully make me a better person when I read the...more
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In this novel about faith, friendship and forgiveness, the characters are likeable and in depth. It reads like a magazine article about friends. I read this as a stand alone novel, however there are a few before it. I enjoyed that in the tradition of books like The Firday Night Knitting Club Series the women have a crafty hobby that brings them together, yet in this book I feel it was one of the first in the genre to include the male dynamic into the storyline. I enjoyed the book and have found...more
I enjoyed this one more than the last book in the series. This time the story focuses on 2 new characters--Madelyn & Tessa. They were childhood friends in New Bern, but haven't spoken to each other in over 30 years. Rekindling the friendship takes effort, which is very believable. These two are also invited to become new members of the Friday night quilting group. The rest of the group hangs out on the periphery of the story, so the reader gets to meet more of the townspeople.
Number 4 of the Cobbled Court Series. Introduced several new characters and this was their story. Other characters from the first 3 books had very supporting roles. Would have preferred new characters not to have been front and center throughout the book. Did like how new and old characters interacted but old characters should have been brought in more. Recommend if you like stories with a knitting theme, about friendships and if you're a fan of Marie Bostwick.
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This is the story of two women who had been best friends as children. Tessa has come back to New Bern with her husband to open her herbal apothecary shop where she sells her lotions, soaps and other products that she makes from the herbs she grows on the small farm she and her husband have started. Her estranged friend Madelyn has come back under different circumstances when her husband is convicted of a Ponzi scheme and she is left with little else except the clothes on her back and her grandmo...more
Madelyn & Tessa were childhood friends in New bern whose friendship ended badly. Tessa has moved back with her husband to start their own businesses at a time when business is not doing very well. Madelyn's husband is headed for jail for a ponzi scheme and has left her with nothing. She moves into her childhoos home as a last resort. She needs a job so she turns her home into a B&B with the help of friends. Tessa and Madelyn re-find their friendship.
This was a good stand alone novel in the Cobblestone Court series. Madelyn and Tessa, childhood friends, have both returned to New Bern, Connecticut to start new lives. Tessa and her husband Lee have started both a farm and an herbal products shop called A Touch Of Lavender. Although the poor economy is starting to affect both enterprises, Tessa thinks they can weather the financial storm. Madelyn has no where else to go but to the run down cottage her grandmother left her. Because of her teenag...more
I loved this book. It was one of those easy reads that filled up a rainy afternoon or two. Bostwick spices the story with homey advice for living a satisfying life as she tells the story of two close friends. The ending is a typical "happy ever after" like, but I enjoy those. It has a reader's guide in the back for those who belong to book clubs, and if you do, this would be an excellent choice.
This is the last book in a series of 4 and I read it first : ( It was a great story. the series is set in New Bern Conn. and features the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop. The story revolves around changed circumstances and how much friendship helps to overcome even the worse situations!!! I likes the characters and how they changed to trimuph over their challenges.
I think after the first one, this one was my favorite so far. Bostwick gets away from the characters she already has (although they're still there peripheraly) and focuses on 2 new characters that had interesting problems and were different focuses with quilting really on the side. I liked it a lot although again, the ending was a little too convenient.
This was my first reading of Marie Bostwick's Cobbled Court novels. She's a great story teller and the subject matter involving complex friendships woven with their respective histories, artistic, creative and sewing talents set in a small town truly held my attention. This book was truly a blessing during many days in the hospital!
Compelled to read the whole series, even tho they are predictable. It makes for light, quick reading and the basic story lines are heartwarming and dream inspiring. I enjoy that each book focuses on different characters but you still get to "see" the others from different perspectives... I feel like by the end of the series, I'll know the lives of everyone in the town.
I really like this series about a group of women quilters in New Bern, CT. Each book introduces new characters but incorporates them into the group of quilting friends. Marie Bostwick has a true talent for making each novel as interesting as the last and I always look forward to her next one.
This was a very good addition to the Cobbled Court Series. I was a little worried about the series as the third book, A Thread So Thin, didn't hold my interest. However, this installment drew me in and I finished it in one day! I very good book about friendship and community.
I really enjoyed the book. The characters are very real feeling and I wanted to know what was going to happen next. There's a teeny tiny bit more religion than I care for but it was worth overlooking that. I'm looking forward to reading more of Bostwick's books.
Two new ladies are introduced but woven in well with the rest of the series. At first I wasn't sure I wanted unknown women added to the story, but I found that change is good and all of the "old" friends appeared in the book. #4 in Cobbled Court series.
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Marie Bostwick is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of uplifting historical and contemporary fiction. She lives in the state of Connecticut and travels fequently to sign books, speak to reading groups, and meet her readers.
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