This month's book was unanimously deemed a much lighter read and was fairly well received by everyone. Many felt it was a "nice" story but questioned whether it was realistic since everything seemed to work out just right for everyone in the end. Many believed Mrs. Compson and Sara both needed one another equally even though they didn't realize it at the beginning. It was mentioned that it would have been nice to explore Sara's stressed relationship with her mother in more detail, this however occurs in the next book in the series titled, Round Robin, for those who are interested.
As a group we were divided on our new found interest in quilting, some thought they might like to belong to a quilting bee while others shuddered at the thought. However we all felt the notion of having a "stitch and bitch" sounded like a lot of fun even if some of us wouldn't be doing any stitching. As a group however, we all agreed that we felt our book club paralleled with the quilting bee, bringing several different people together to enjoy a shared interest.