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Title: Tying the Knot

Subtitle: Kansas Quilter, Book 1

Author: Linda Hubalek

Narrator: Judy Rounda

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-14

Publisher: Butterfield Books Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Tying the Knot, the first historical fiction book in the Kansas Quilter series follows Kizzie Pieratt as she packs her family's belongings for her husband's job down in the Indian Territory. The move is meant to be temporary to make money to build a homestead back on their Kansas prairie land.

As Kizzie receives trunks and quilts from her family to use on their trip, she learns about the significant moves previous generations have made for the betterment of their children, just like she is about to do.

This audiobook series shares the stories of Linda Hubalek's pioneer ancestors that homesteaded in Kansas in the 1800s. The Kansas Quilter series continues the family stories written in Hubalek's Trail of Thread series.

A bonus section tells the "story behind the story" of the Kansas Quilter series.

Members Reviews:

Tying the knot

A historical peek into the decisions families made when settling the prairie. The quilting thread throughout the tale is a touch of love through the various generations. Thoroughly enjoyed this book

American History at its best!

Linda Hubalek's books bring the settling of America to life. She brings real life stories from her family history. The book is well researched and the photographs are wonderful. She captures the moments in life that proved out to be the American story. From the moment you start the series, you will not want to put the book down.

I will never be able to read enough of her books

I have never been much of a reader because I was very challenged with dyslexia and didn't really learn to read until I was in my late 20s I now have read all but two of her books and just can't get enough of them I am consumed by her stories and there is nothing that I don't enjoy about them I would encourage anyone to read them I do not like to read total fiction I am more of a history reader and this just what I love about the way she writes

Westward! A woman's tale of moving from Kansas to the Oklahoma frontier

An interesting tale of an often-forgotten time in our history. This true (fictionalized) story is told from the viewpoint of the woman asked to move with her children away from the farmland she had always loved and her extended family to the latest frontier, the Oklahoma Territories. The book is about leaving the familiar for the unknown. She realizes that the women in her family had been doing the same thing for generations. The book contains the author's photos of family members and quilts mentioned in the story.

I often wondered what it was like for our families to move away from those they love.

This is such good writing of letting us know how hard it was to leave family even though they needed to go to make their future better. I am a genealogist and this was right down my alley to read. Not my family but gives me a clue of feelings my family probably felt.