Ida Lou's Story (Volume 4) (American Quilts)

A family like a quilt can be pieced together in many ways. And a quilt like a family is rich with stories. Laceys great-grandmother has a trunkful of family quilts and stories she loves to share with Lacey. And the stories the old quilts tell help Lacey understand not only the generations that have come before her but her own family as well. Take Laceys great-great-aunt Ida Lou living with her brother Vic and their struggling single mother in Bloomington Illinois in 1918. Vic wants to join the fighting overseas while Ida Lou dreams of becoming an aerialist like her heroes The Flying Wards. Shes sure that traveling with the circus will enable her to find her long-absent father. But even as a rich suitor for Ida Lous mother promises a bright future for the family a near-tragic accident threatens to put an end to Ida Lous dreams.