This is the first part of the quilt trilogy by Ann Rinaldi. It starts off in 1798 and centers around a girl named Hannah and her family. Her father is ultra-nasty; her mother is dead; she has a younger sister who is basically a total brat, and a younger brother who is fascinated with ships.
The book is basically a story of the family and how it goes through a variety of changes. There's a good bit of romance, but also a good bit of nastiness from her father, from another man, and a bad situation for women workers in a textile mill.
There's nothing of any major historical importance about the book, other then it gives one a view of events going on at that time in the nation's history including the increasing number of wars with Native Americans as settlers were pushing further and further west.
The other two books will continue the story of further generations in the family.
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