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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Chiaverini, Jennifer.
The quilter’s legacy : an Elm Creek Quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.
p.          cm.
1. Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Quiltmaking—Fiction.
3. Art thefts—Fiction. 4. Aged women—Fiction. 5. Quilters—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.H473 Q58 2003

813’.54—dc21                  2002030930

ISBN 978-0-7432-3613-3

ISBN 978-1-4516-0610-2 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-4165-8734-7 (ebook)