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1 This Reading Group Guide for the Aloha Quilt Includes an Introduction This reading group guide for The Aloha Quilt includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Jennifer Chiaverini. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book. Introduction The Aloha Quilt takes one of Jennifer Chiaverini's beloved Elm Creek Quilters, Bonnie Markham, on an adventure in paradise, where the breeze is warm, the pineapple is fresh, and the quilting is rich in history and tradition. After losing her quilt shop to bankruptcy and experiencing the heartache and betrayal of a broken marriage, Bonnie just wants her divorce to be final so she can put it all behind her. Unfortunately, her soon-to-be ex-husband, Craig, isn't going to make that very easy. So the timing couldn't be better when a dear friend invites Bonnie to Hawaii for the winter to help her launch a new quilting camp on the beautiful island of Maui. It's just the escape Bonnie needs—from Craig, the divorce proceedings, and even the cold Pennsylvania winters. But after only a short time on the island, it becomes much more than an escape. Could this be someplace Bonnie could call home? Busy launching the Aloha Quilt camp, immersing herself in Hawaiian culture, developing new friendships and nurturing old ones, Bonnie's wounds begin to heal as she comes to understand the true meaning of aloha. Discussion Questions 1. Right from the start, Craig believes Bonnie is trying to turn their children against him. Bonnie knows this isn't true, and that she must keep her children out of the divorce as much as possible, but at times it's difficult not to explain the truth. How much do you think their children need to know? Do you think Bonnie is right not to let them pick sides when she's been so clearly wronged? 2. Bonnie wonders why Claire and Eric's marriage survived when hers didn't (p. 44). She doesn't believe that she married a bad man, so the explanation must be more complicated than that. Can people change that much over time? Discuss the differences between these two marriages, and contemplate the reasons why one was able to overcome its hurdles and the other was not. 3. Initially, Hinano seems to have a real dislike for tourists. Is he justified in his opinions because of his past? Are his own assumptions and judgments of mainlanders just as ignorant and prejudiced as he believes tourists to be? 1 4. Discuss the Hawaiian tradition of not sharing patterns, explained by Midori on pages 67-68. Have you had any experience in sharing patterns? Do you agree or disagree with the idea behind this practice? 5. Bonnie's daughter wonders if Bonnie and Craig are ever going to be able to be in the same room together again. Bonnie reassures her by saying "After the divorce is final and the dust settles, I'm sure we'll manage to be civil" (p. 42). Given the state of their relationship at the end of the book, do you think Bonnie is right? 6. The relationship between Bonnie and Hinano gets off to a rocky start; they're constantly in disagreement. How does that kind of relationship lead to love? In what ways do they open each other's minds and help each other grow? 7. Bonnie feels betrayed when the Elm Creek Quilters decide that she should sell her share of the business. Do you think she's being overly sensitive? Why is she so upset when she knows in her heart it's the only option? 8. When Bonnie visits the Iolani Palace with Hinano, she is deeply moved by the story of Queen Lili'uokalani and her companion in confinement, Eveline Wilson. Marveling over Eveline's courage and compassion, Bonnie wonders who she would be willing to give up her freedom for. Who would you be willing to make such a huge sacrifice for? Do you agree with Bonnie that it's easy to offer what will never be required? (p. 222) 9. When Claire reveals her secret to Bonnie, she tells her that the lying and guilt made her miserable every day of her affair. Since it was obviously more than a one-time thing, why do you think Claire carried on the affair as long as she did if it was making her so unhappy? Do you think cheating can be just as painful to the cheater as it is to the person who is cheated on? 10. Discuss Bonnie's reaction to Claire's infidelity. Do you think she's right to take it so personally when, as Eric and Midori both point out, Eric is the one who was betrayed, not her? Would she have reacted the same way had Claire told her at the time that it had actually happened? Why does she have such a hard time forgiving Claire? 11. After Claire's confession, Bonnie insists that their positions could never be reversed because Bonnie would never be unfaithful. Claire responds by saying, "Probably not . but nine years ago I would have insisted the same thing about myself" (p. 270). Why is it so hard sometimes to put ourselves in other people's shoes? Do we ever really know what we're capable of? 12. As Bonnie acknowledges on the last page of the novel, she went to Hawaii "broken and dispirited but had returned whole." As her Hawaiian quilt becomes more complete, so does she. Consider the symbolism of the Hawaiian quilt throughout the book. How is it similar to and different from quilts on the mainland? 2 Enhance Your Book Club Turn your book club into an island oasis. You may not be able to prepare kalua pig in a traditional underground imu , but you can certainly mix up some piÑa coladas or slice a delicious pineapple to help get you and your book club into a tropical mindset. Queen Lili'uokalani's quilt is a real historic treasure. See it and learn more about the history behind its creation in this feature article available online: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/03/10/features/story1.html. Follow Midori's instructions beginning on p. 80 and try making your own Hawaiian quilt pattern. Either dedicate some time for designing patterns during your book club meeting, or have each member create a special pattern for someone else in the group and exchange them at your next gathering. Learn more about the history of Hawaiian quilting, the aloha spirit, and what makes a Hawaiian quilt Hawaiian at www.hawaiianquilting.net and www.quiltshawaiian.com. A Conversation with Jennifer Chiaverini As its title implies, your latest Elm Creek Quilts novel, THE ALOHA QUILT, takes place largely in Hawai'i. What circumstances takes the series there? Another season of Elm Creek Quilt Camp has come to a close, and Bonnie Markham faces a bleak and lonely winter ahead with her quilt shop out-of-business and her divorce looming. A welcome escape comes when Claire, a beloved college friend, unexpectedly invites her to Maui to help launch an exciting new business: a quilter's retreat set at a bed and breakfast amidst the vibrant colors and balmy breezes of the Hawai'ian islands. Soon Bonnie finds herself looking out on sparkling waters and banyan trees, helping to run Claire's inn, planning quilting courses, and learning the history and intricacies of Hawai'ian quilting. THE ALOHA QUILT focuses on Bonnie, an Elm Creek Quilts founder who has undergone struggles in her personal life in recent books. Of all the Elm Creek Quilters, she probably deserves a Hawai'ian getaway more than anyone, but do the other Elm Creek Quilters also appear in the novel? Many of the other Elm Creek Quilters, including reader favorites Sylvia and Sarah, also play important roles in the novel. The story begins and ends at Elm Creek Manor, 3 and Bonnie keeps in touch with her friends throughout the winter months. Readers will also meet new characters, such as Claire, Bonnie's former college roommate and the founder of Aloha Quilt Camp; Midori, the chef of the Hale Kapa Kuiki Inn and Bonnie's Hawai'ian quilting mentor; and Hinano, Midori's nephew, ukulele player, luthier, and Bonnie's tutor in matters of Hawai'ian culture and folklore. In the novel, Bonnie learns about the uniquely Hawai'ian tradition of quilting. How does it differ from traditional quilting on the mainland? Hawai'ian quilters do make quilts like those made on the mainland, often giving their quilts a delightful Hawai'ian flavor by sewing traditional patchwork blocks from batiks or other fabrics in the bright colors of the islands. The quilts Hawai'i is best known for, however, are the distinctive, intricate, large-scale, two-color appliquÉ designs inspired by the natural beauty and rich cultural traditions of Hawai'i. Instead of creating small blocks and sewing them together to create an overall design, a single appliquÉ is cut from a large piece of fabric folded into eighths, much like cutting out a paper snowflake. The fabric cutout is unfolded and carefully sewn to background fabric in a contrasting color to complete the top. The three layers—appliquÉ top, middle layer of batting, and solid backing—are sewn together with echo quilting, small, intricate quilting stitches that follow the contours of the appliquÉ in concentric lines a quarter of an inch apart.
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