Podcast appearances and mentions of Jennifer Chiaverini

This episode features a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. We spent time with Jennifer discussing her newly released novel, Canary Girls, her research process, and how historical fiction can fill in historical gaps.  A transcript of this episode can be accessed here.  ⇹ Wherever you find the Holding History Podcast, please like, subscribe, and provide feedback. Use the comment section below, or contact us at holdinghistory@wisc.edu with questions or suggestions. Thanks for listening!

In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women—but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. More than 7,600 women responded, to aid the war effort by being Over There and near the front lines. This historical fiction is written by Jennifer Chiaverini, a New York Times best-selling author. She talks to host Jim Fausone about these heroic women of the WWI U.S. Army Signal Corps, their trials, successes, and discrimination.  

Today's guest is author Jennifer Chiaverini. In this interview, Jennifer shares what led her to write Elm Creek Quilter's novels and what led her to write historical fiction. We also chat about the source of inspiration for Switchboard Soldiers and how they relate to the women's suffrage movement. Jennifer also shares three books that you must add to your TBR.SHOWNOTES AND BOOK LINKShttp://WhattoReadNextBlog.comMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/sunnyLicense code: 0RDRBKGH6NGQCAXR

Stu Levitan welcomes UW Professor Emeritus John Milton Cooper, Jr., for part two of their discussion of one of the most important presidents in American history – Thomas Woodrow Wilson, whose legacy is as complex and controversial as any of our Chief Magistrates. Wilson amassed one of the most impressive records of progressive legislation of any president, yet left the worst record on race relations of any president in the 20th century, and allowed egregious violations of civil liberties. He kept us out of war in Mexico, but took us into war in Europe. A great student and thinker about good government, he was sloppy in appointing his cabinet officials and negligent in supervising them. A devout Presbyterian, he appointed the first Jew to the US Supreme Court, was the first president to visit the Roman Catholic Pope, and was buried in an Episcopal cathedral. And he's the man after whom Woody Guthrie is named. It's a record so rich for discussion this is our second show devoted to it, following a segment on February 15. There's no better guide to the life and times of our 28th President than John Milton Cooper, Jr., whom the Boston Globe called “the preeminent living historian of Wilson and his era.” We take for our primary text his 2009 volume Woodrow Wilson: A Biography, which the NY Times called “monumental,” and which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. And we also note his earlier work, The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. It seems Professor Cooper has spent his life in the world of Woodrow Wilson. He even graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington D.C., and received his bachelor′s degree summa cum laude from Wilson's alma mater, Princeton University, where Wilson later taught and served as president. Prof Cooper took his advanced degrees at Columbia University, and after a few years at Wellesley College, came to the University of Wisconsin, where he rose to hold two named chairs in History and American Institutions, and chair the famed Department of History before taking Emeritus status in 2009. And that's even another Wilson connection – when Wilson was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins, one of his favorite professors was Richard T. Ely, and one of his favorite students was Frederick Jackson Turner, both of whom would become famed members of the Wisconsin faculty. He has written half a dozen books, dozens of articles, and received numerous honors. He was the honorary president of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, and the chief historian on the 2002 American Experience biography of Wilson produced for PBS. I hope you were with us last week for the conversation with Jennifer Chiaverini about her historical fiction, The Women's March, about the Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913, and the suffragists effort to get Wilson to endorse a constitutional amendment enfranchising women. Because that is where we pick up our conversation, before going on to talk about race, the war, and other matters. It is a pleasure to again present on Madison BookBeat my friend, UW Professor Emeritus John Milton Cooper, Jr.

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes NY Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini, here to discuss her latest novel of historical fiction, The Women's March, about the historic 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession. It is just out from the good people at William Morrow, and imprint of HarperCollins. Although Jennifer technically lives in Middleton, she identifies as a Madison author, so that's good enough for Stu. On March 3, 1913, the National American Woman Suffrage Association held the first large political protest march in the history of Washington DC. Its purpose was to press its demand for a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. March organizer Alice Paul chose the date and location very well – down Pennsylvania Avenue, the day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson – the last president to be elected before universal suffrage. And what a march it was to be, with floats and chariots and thousands of women in color-coded outfits, all led by a herald on a white horse, culminating in a tableau of historical allegory at the Treasury Building. Among the several thousand women there that day, the legendary Black journalist and activist Ida B Wells-Barnett and a militant suffragist librarian named Maud Malone. Alas, things did not work out as planned, as hecklers and hooligans broke through the inadequate security to abuse, even assault the women. But the arc of the moral universe does bend towards justice, albeit slowly at times, and the constitutional amendment they demanded in 1913 was finally passed by Congress in 1919 ratified by the states in 1920. Wisconsin, by the way, has pride of place as the first state to file its ratification vote with the Secretary of State. How Alice Paul, Ida B Wells-Barnett and Maud Malone came to be on Pennsylvania Avenue that day – the battles they fought, the choices they made – is what occupies Jennifer Chiaverini in this moving and insightful account of an event which has perhaps faded in memory but not in importance. It is a story Jennifer Chiaverini is exceptionally well-qualified to tell, as a very successful author of historical fiction. In addition to the 20 novels in the Elm Creek Quilts series, set mainly in the Civil War era, she has written historical novels starring the martyred UW student-turned Nazi resistance fighter Mildred Fish Harnack, Lord Byron's brilliant daughter Ada Byron King, Mary Todd Lincoln, Julia Grant and others. It is a real pleasure to welcome to Madison BookBeat Jennifer Chiaverini.

Vick Mickunas' 2002 interview with Jennifer Chiaverini

This week we had a chat with bookseller Shane Mullen from Left Bank Books, located in St. Louis, Missouri. We talked about the bookstore, what you can expect when visiting, how Shane got involved in bookselling and so much more.  We also had a chat with author Margo Orlando Littell about her latest novel The Distance From Four Points, and Jennifer Chiaverini about her latest novel Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters. We also shared some new releases that will be available in bookstores during the week of Monday, June 1st.***BiblioLifestyle newsletter subscribers are the first to know all the podcast happenings, get free goodies in the mail and they can enter for the chance to win free books. Every Friday you’ll get a special treat in your inbox filled with inspirational content, book recommendations, self-care tips, original interviews and things we think you’ll enjoy. The best part? You will only receive ONE email per week and it will be an amazing 5-minute read or less! Get our free weekly delivery - bibliolifestyle.com. A list of all the books mentioned in the show can be found at bibliohappyhour.com . To find an independent bookstore near you or when you're traveling, visit bibliofinder.com. For as little as $1/month you can tune in to the rest of our "meet the bookseller" conversation, listen to our “off the cuff” discussions with authors we've had on the show,  get our tailored “top shelf” book recommendations, behind the scenes content, perks and more when you become a supporter on Patreon. Join us at patreon.com/bibliofinder. 

In hour one, The Good Neighbor talked with Author Jennifer Chiaverini. In hour two (37:00) Kathy was joined by Dr. Michael Vrabec from Valley Eye Associates.

A group of female resistance fighters take on Hitler and the Nazis in Germany.

Meredith and Kaytee are joined by Mindy today in a three-host show full of bookish delights. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host. A book club win for kids, a book train with friends, and strong opinions about a bookish movie. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. There’s some serious gushing over books in this week’s titles, plus a couple “I didn’t like this” strong opinions. Hold onto your earbuds. We are doing a brief Slow But Steady check-in this week to let you know what we’re choosing for our next reads for this challenge. For our deep dive this week, we are playing around with book pairings for TV shows that we’ve enjoyed in the past. We each chose two shows to dive deep into and then find ways to replicate some of those same feelings in our reading. What fun! Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’ve got a “very favorite” read-aloud book, one that will work, even if you’re down to the wire on a challenge category, and a book that is perfect for gift-giving. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Announcements: 1:19 - Episode 32 of Season 1 1:45 - 2020 Reading Challenge Printable 2:38 - 2020 Reading Journal for purchase (free for Patrons!) Bookish Moments: 4:57 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 6:38 - Eye of the Elephant by Delia and Mark Owens 6:42 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 7:43 - A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 8:13 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Current Reads: 10:34 - Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beales 13:55 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 14:42 - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 18:17 - Wild Robot by Peter Brown 21:41 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen 22:00 - Episode 38 of Season 1 22:16 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 23:04 - Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul 26:42 - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates 28:10 - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 31:24 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 31:57 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Slow But Steady: 36:22 - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates 36:40 - Gone with The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 37:10 - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile 37:29 - The Art of Typing by Ginger Lapig-Bogda 38:18 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling 38:20 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling 38:24 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 38:30 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 38:40 - Persuasion by Jane Austen 38:48 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Deep Dive: Pairings with Grey’s Anatomy: 40:22 - Small Great Things by Jodi Piccoult 40:49 - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory 41:19 - The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin Pairings with Parenthood: 42:09 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 42:24 - The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Pairings with West Wing: 43:43 - Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonico 44:28 - The Gatekeepers by Chris Whipple 45:03 - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin 45:19 - The Brethren by John Grisham 45:22 - Term Limits by Vince Flynn Pairings with Dr. Quinn or When Calls the Heart: 46:37 - Christy by Catherine Marshall 47:15 - Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness by Robert Specht Pairings with Elementary: 49:06 - Sherlock Holmes canon by Arthur Conan Doyle 49:37 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 49:54 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 50:11 - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas 50:38 - A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George Pairings with Dexter: 51:17 - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsey 51:25 - You by Caroline Kepnes 51:45 - My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing 52:11 - The One by John Marrs Presses: 52:58 - Episode 32 of Season 1 53:07 - I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borden de Trevino 54:18 - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson 56:03 - The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini 56:11 - Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

In hour one, The Good Neighbor was joined by Trisha Witt from the PAC and Author Jennifer Chiaverini. In hour two (38:00) Kathy Keene was joined by George Schroeder from the Hearthstone.

We've talked home canning before, and we've talked rationing and refashioning in WWII before -- now we're bringing it all together to talk about canned goods and factory fashion in 1940s Canada. As we did the last time we talked about this period, we're switching up our roles -- Steph's taking fashion this month, looking at women's factory uniforms, and Torey's taking food, talking about industrial canning and how it changed the food landscape.  What we're obsessed with in history Torey: Reading old archived newsletters and basking in the knowledge that the effort she's spent to preserve minutiae may not have been wasted Steph: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini - a tough and relevant read. Thanks for listening! Find us online: Instagram @fashionablyateshow Facebook and Pinterest @fashionablyate Email us at fashionablyateshow@gmail.com Check our facts Fashion Women Are Warriors, National Film Board of Canada, 1942. Home Front, National Film Board of Canada, 1940.  When mother was a war worker: A Macleans flashback, by Robert Collins, Macleans Magazine, 1959. Women and War, Nancy Miller-Chenier, The Canadian Encyclopedia.  Canada Remembers Women on the Home Front, Veterans Affairs Canada. Riveting Rosies: Ephemera and Photographs of Canadian Women in the Second World WarToronto Public Library, Local History & Genealogy. Defence Industries Limited Online Exhibit, Ajax Public Library Digital Archive. Ontario in World War II: Women on the Home Front, Women's History. Food Ad for "Niblets Brand Mexicorn," 1945 Creamed, Canned and Frozen: How the Great Depression Revamped US Diets, NPR.org, 2016 Food on the Home Front during the Second World War, Wartime Canada. Pearson, Gregg Steven, "The Democratization of Food: Tin Cans and the Growth of the American Food Processing Industry, 1810-1940" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 2756.

Welcome to Our Life In Books where we talk about our lives, books and everything in between! This week we’re talking about the June #OLIB Reading Challenge Theme: historical fiction. While it isn’t Samantha’s favorite genre, by the end of the episode she may be willing to change her mind. Grab your favorite cup of tea and join us! And don’t forget to tell us what you’ll be reading this month.   Our Life In Books Tea- https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/list.html?userId=696813O Our Life In Books Society- https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourlifeinbookssociety Our Life In Books Book Club- https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourlifeinbookssociety   Follow Our Life In Books- https://linktr.ee/ourlifeinbooks_ Follow Elizabeth- https://linktr.ee/bookishconnoisseur Follow Samantha- https://linktr.ee/bookishstateofmind   Items we mention: Lemon Meringue Green Tea from Adagio- https://www.adagio.com/green/lemon_meringue_green.html The Girl in Red by Christina Henry- https://amzn.to/2IQXdH0 After / After We Collided by Anna Todd- https://amzn.to/2LnRwlD   New Releases June 18 Part I- https://bookishconnoisseur.com/2019/06/18/new-releases-week-of-june-18-2019-part-i/ New Releases June 18 Part II- https://bookishconnoisseur.com/2019/06/18/new-releases-week-of-june-18-2019-part-ii/ New Releases June 25 Part I- https://bookishconnoisseur.com/2019/06/25/new-releases-week-of-june-25-2019-part-i/ New Releases June 25 Part II- https://bookishconnoisseur.com/2019/06/25/new-releases-week-of-june-25-2019-part-ii/   DEV1AT3 by Jay Kristoff- https://amzn.to/2RI3s2P Wicked Fox by Kat Cho- https://amzn.to/2X1RTo8 Edgewood by Karen McQuestion https://amzn.to/2X3Gm7X The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane- https://amzn.to/2RFWDyF   Our Life In Books Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/ourlifeinbooks   Hunger Games Prequel coming in 2020- https://ew.com/books/2019/06/17/hunger-games-book-prequel-suzanne-collins/ Cover reveal: Cloak of Night by Evelyn Skye- https://bookishconnoisseur.com/2019/06/21/cover-reveal-cloak-of-night-by-evelyn-skye/ Excerpt: Supernova by Marissa Meyer- https://ew.com/books/2019/05/06/marissa-meyer-renogades-trilogy-supernova-preview/   The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzie Lee- https://amzn.to/2X8ng0r The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy- https://amzn.to/2Xz1qqZ My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton- https://amzn.to/2XftFf2 And I Darken by Kiersten White- https://amzn.to/2ITuSQj Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid- https://amzn.to/2Jfv1MT Soulless by Gail Carriger- https://amzn.to/2ZMiYxs Dread Nation by Justina Ireland- https://amzn.to/2X9XNDX   The Summer Before the War by Helem Simonson- https://amzn.to/2XeQFuy At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen- https://amzn.to/2NjjWzJ The Girl You Left Behind by JoJo Moyes- https://amzn.to/2J9V7AX Call the Midwife by Heidie Thomas (Non Fiction)- https://amzn.to/2NiR4b6 The Painted Girls by Cathy Buchanan- https://amzn.to/2Xf369V The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini- https://amzn.to/2XgCzcn   Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield- https://amzn.to/2X2QJZv The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons- https://amzn.to/2ISyjqD Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman- https://amzn.to/2Xbyv8s Outlander by Diana Gabaldon- https://amzn.to/2XIJLNW

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for Episode 11, in which we take a fun little trip down our “book-memory lanes”. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: A sweet book gift from a friend, and a childhood milestone finally broached. Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three (or more) books from each of us, lots of mysterious picks this week, and one title that we just can’t stop talking about. Next, we take that memory trip and talk about the books that formed us as readers. The memories we have of our childhood reading, the ones that shaped us as teens, and how they turned us into the readers we are today. So many backlist gems in this list! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include a YA pick that’s being made into a Netflix movie and a non-fiction classic that is perfect for everyone on your Christmas list. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:37 - I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel 3:50 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 4:17 - Harry Potter Illustrated Editions by J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay 7:52 - Louise Penny’s Three Pines Series 8:19 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 11:34 - Just the Right Book Subscription 11:45 - Reading Bug Box Subscription 11:50 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville 11:54 - The Book Drop Subscription (Reminder: CURRENTLYREADING will get you 20% off until 12/15) 12:12 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke 16:07 - The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton 16:16 - @raelasbooks on Instagram 18:22 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 20:20 - House at Riverton by Kate Morton 21:15 - Never Lose a Customer Again by Joey Coleman 21:28 - Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard 22:48 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 23:52 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 25:52 - Episode 7 of Currently Reading with Jessica Turner 26:06 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 28:12 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 30:19 - The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini 34:24 - The Mitten by Jan Brett 34:26 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle 34:47 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 34:48 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 34:58 - Choose Your Own Adventure books by R.A. Montgomery 36:13 - R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps Series 36:15 - Intensity by Dean Koontz 36:29 - Stephen King novels 37:04 - 100 Secret Senses by Amy Tan 37:14 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 38:15 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 39:15 - Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene 39:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis UNSOLICITED STRONG OPINION: Amazon is wrong. Read these in Publication Order, please! 40:56 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White 42:21 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson 44:25 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 47:58 - Puddin’ by Julie Murphy 48:20 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

In this quilting edition of the podcast, Sarah talks about 3 quilt-related books: The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail de Marcken, How to Make and American Quilt by Whitney Otto, and the Elm Creek Quilt series by Jennifer Chiaverini.As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be among the first to get the latest GSMC Book Review Podcasts. We would like to thank our Sponsor: California Office of Traffic Safetyhttps://www.ots.ca.gov/Media_and_Research/Campaigns/Ped_Safety/default.aspAdvertise with US: http://www.gsmcpodcast.com/advertise-with-us.html Website: http://www.gsmcpodcast.com/book-review-podcast.html ITunes Feed: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gsmc-book-review-podcast/id1123769087 GSMC YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-EKO3toL1ATwitter: https://twitter.com/GSMC_BookReviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GSMCBookReview/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Blog: https://gsmcbookreview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: The views expressed on the GSMC Book Review Podcast are for entertainment purposes only. Reproduction, copying, or redistribution of The GSMC Book Review Podcast without the express written consent of Golden State Media Concepts LLC is prohibited.

We're getting closer to Gaudete/rose candle Sunday! It's our third installment in our weekly series for Advent:Today I gab about how our Advent is going, Christmas baking and traditions, and of course lots of book club talk. Join me!**To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.comItems mentioned in this episode: The Christmas Quilt, our Advent choice for book club. The first book in the Elm Creek Quilts series is The Quilter's Apprentice, and here is a search for the series in Amazon so that you can purchase others if you'd like to read more! From the author's website, here is some fantastic information about the order of books in the series: The Elm Creek Quilts novels are a series of books written by Jennifer Chiaverini. The series includes twenty novels, one short story available as a e-book, and a reader's guide:The Quilter's Apprentice (1999)Round Robin (2000)The Cross-Country Quilters (2001)The Runaway Quilt (2002)The Quilter's Legacy (2003)The Master Quilter (2004)The Sugar Camp Quilt (2005)The Christmas Quilt (2005)Circle of Quilters (2006)The Quilter's Homecoming (2007)The New Year's Quilt (2007)The Winding Ways Quilt (2008)The Quilter's Kitchen (2008)The Lost Quilter (2009)A Quilter's Holiday (2009)The Aloha Quilt (2010)The Union Quilters (Feb 2011)The Wedding Quilt (Nov 2011)Sonoma Rose (Feb 2012)The Giving Quilt (Oct 2012)An Elm Creek Quilts Companion (Oct 2013)The Quilter's Ghost: An eShort Story (Oct 2015)In most of the books, the main character is a master quilter named Sylvia Bergstrom Compson. She and her young friend Sarah McClure open a quilters' retreat at Sylvia's family estate, Elm Creek Manor. Sarah and Sylvia run the "quilt camp" with the help of their friends, the Elm Creek Quilters. Other books are historical, featuring Sylvia's ancestors and earlier residents of the Elm Creek Valley.If you want to read the books in the order I wrote them, read them in the order listed above. However, since I wasn't planning to write a series, I have written each book so that it stands alone. On my book tour, I often hear longtime fans tell new readers that the books should be read in the order I wrote them, but other readers have told me that they have read the books out of order and were able to follow everything just fine. Ultimately it's up to the individual reader. Please note, however, that later books inevitably give away events that occurred in previous books. If you would like to read the books in something approximating chronological order, please note the following:The Christmas Quilt takes place in the interim between The Quilter's Apprentice and Round Robin.The Sugar Camp Quilt is set in 1849-1850, so it takes place before the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt.The Quilter's Homecoming is set mainly in 1925, but it branches off from a storyline introduced in The Christmas Quilt.The New Year's Quilt immediately follows The Quilter's Legacy.The Lost Quilter begins in 1859 immediately following the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt.A Quilter's Holiday takes place while Bonnie is in Hawaii in The Aloha Quilt.The Union Quilters begins in 1861 and runs mostly concurrently with The Lost Quilter.The Wedding Quilt takes place after A Quilter's Holiday and The Aloha Quilt, with flash forwards to the year 2028.Sonoma Rose is set in the Prohibition era immediately following the events of The Quilter's Homecoming.The Giving Quilt takes place when Sarah McClure's twins are four and a half years old. Whoa. Now I *really* want to go back and read the entire series! Next week we finish up and read Chapters 4 and 5! Let me know your thoughts on Chapter 3 below, or over in the thread on our Facebook group!

The BookBully goes a bit crazy talking about new books she's read or is looking forward to reading. Let's just say her eyes are bigger than her reading capacity! BOOK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti   Brewster by Mark Slouka   The Secret History by Donna Tartt   The World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews (yes, only one "t")   The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens   Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan   Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo   Commonwealth by Ann Patchett   Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi   Mary and O'Neil by Justin Cronin   A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton   The Turner House by Angela Flournoy   Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward   The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas   The Age of Perpetual Light by Josh Weil   The New Valley by Josh Weil   Don't I Know You by Marni Jackson   The Good Lord Bird by James McBride   Five-Carat Soul by James McBride   Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides   Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks   The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash   The Good People by Hannah Kent   Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan   The Power by Naomi Alderman   Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia   Here in Berlin by Cristina Garcia   Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor   The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs   A Secret Sisterhood by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney   What She Ate by Laura Shapiro   Ranger Games by Ben Blum   An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn   The Child Finder by Rene Tenfold   The Party by Elizabeth Day   White Bodies by Jane Robins   The Smack by Richard Lange   Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent   Ferocity by Nicola Lagioia   Me Before You by JoJo Moyes   Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman   Paradise City by Elizabeth Day   Sourdough by Robin Sloan   Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan   Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple   Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini   Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini   The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis   The Address by Fiona Davis   One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus   The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus   The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri   The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott   The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson   Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson

Well HELLO there! I feel like it's been awhile, though it's not like I've been away from the blog for any length of time. :0 But Tea Time is back in it's seasonal format, and here we are at episode 1 for Advent 2015!*streamers*Today we talk about the format for Tea Time going forward and the seasonal way it will be produced for the foreseeable future (lots of catching up and what's happening, a Catholic tidbit, and then seasonal specials), before moving into our Advent Book Club! Horray! There will be a new Tea Time each week for the next 4 weeks.CAVEAT: The audio quality this week is very poor, I'm so sorry about that! Being out of practice, I did not properly record the audio while I recorded live, and thus had to go back and capture it from the video, which leads to ca ca in terms of audio. It's something at least for those of you who prefer to listen rather than watch the video. There are also a couple of wonky spots where I had to edit out notification noises that I did not anticipate. *collapses* Next week, I will be back in the groove, I promise! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.comItems mentioned in this episode:Pray More Novenas - Immaculate Conception NovenaThe Christmas Quilt, by Jennifer ChiaveriniSchedule for our Advent Book Club OK, let me hear from you! Are you praying the Immaculate Conception novena? Book Clubbers, what did you think of chapter 1?!

What drives an assassin? What makes someone break past societal barriers and kill a president? Jennifer Chiaverini , author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, The Spymistress, and Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, explores this territory in Fates and Traitors, a fictional history of … Continue reading →

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Elizabeth Lesser and Jennifer Chiaverini.  

New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer Chiaverini, talks to Amy about her newest novel, MRS. GRANT AND MADAME JULE. Chiaverini talks about her research for historical fiction, personal correspondence and writing inspiration. Read an excerpt of the book here: http://bit.ly/1yrFtJ3

NYT bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, will visit Columbus’s Book Loft on March 9 for a reading and book signing, featuring her latest novel, Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule. This historical fiction re-imagines the relationship between Julia Grant, wife of Union general Ulysses S. … Continue reading →

Interview with bestselling writer Jennifer Chiaverini, author of the novel SWITCHBOARD SOLDIERS.You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy