Sonoma Rose: An ELM Creek Quilts Novel

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with a Prohibition-era novel about one woman's journey to save her family--and herself

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 mother 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.

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 01/29/2013
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780452298996
ISBN10: 0452298997
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Family Life | General

About the Author
Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She is the author of many books, most recently Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. She lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin.