In this charming story collection, award-winning author Frances O'Roark Dowell (Birds in the Air) opens a window on the lives of a fascinating group of women whose lives revolve around family, friends and quiltmaking. In "Persimmon Moon," sisters Lucy and Amanda worry that financial woes will force them to sell a beloved family home. In "The Off-Kilter Quilt," Melissa Bennett is sensible, smart and skeptical of marriage. A husband sounds nice in theory, but with all the books and quilts in her life, where would she put him? In "A Quilt for Dr. Wallace," Lisa learns that sometimes a gift can be a first step toward healing, while the protagonist of "Improv" learns that sometimes you have more in common with your neighbors than you think. In the touching title story, connecting to a new quilting community helps 75-year-old Margaret reconnect with her daughter, as both struggle with the grief of losing a loved one to Alzheimer's.