The Healing Quilt by Lauraine Snelling (2002, Paperback)

I decided to buy this book because it hit close to home for me.
Being a Cancer survivor myself but surviving I understand all the anxiety and emotional toil it had on the entire family.My Cervical Cancer was in the 4th stage when I had it frozen,just after giving birth to our one and only son.
We miscarried in 1981 and he was born in 1983 a miracle child indeed.
When he entered kindergarten my cancer reoccurred and I ended up with a complete hysterectomy.I thank God each and everyday for the wonderful man he has become.
The love and friendship that blossomed from making the healing quilt will warm you through and through.I only wish I'd had that kind of support..But God got my family and I through it..without the support of our inlaws.
What a wonderful way of releasing grief through writing.Although it took Kit several years to begin the healing process of losing her daughter what an inspirational story to anyone with cancer this is.Go on the journey of a lifetime with her and her daughter..keep the family in your prayers.
A true story with lots of meaning.

Excellant book about womens becoming friends and caring for each other.
The bonding of people for a good reason. The sharing of each others lives.

While I haven't yet read the book, it was recommended by my 23 yr old granddaughter. She said it's great and I believe her. I will begin on it next.

"The Healing Quilt" is about a group of women sewing a quilt to raffle off in order to provide funding for a much needed mammogram machine for the local hospital. This book relates the stories about each of the quilters and the issues in their personal lives as they gather for their quilting bees. It's easy to relate to these quilters lives.

The chapters are short making it easier to put the book down when necessary.

Purchased for my quilting book club. Met all my expectations of the book's title. Our club also does many quilts for Children's Services and The Cancer Center.I liked looking at relationships through the eyes of people who have lost children and then have gotten divorced. I don't know what the actual statistics are but just from people I know it is high in the group when I was at child bearing age. Some of the group also does many things with families that lose babies in early stages of birth or growth. Thanks the book was great PMN