Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine (2022)

Grandmas are busy people. Besides her family, Mrs. Tennant always makes time for three activities: baking, quilting, and giving weekly Sonshine programs in her local nursing homes. Over many years, she brings sweetness, color, and joy into countless lives.

Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine (ISBN: 979-11-966402-5-5) is the companion book to Blueberry Man (2020). Like Blueberry Man, this is a true story, this time about Christina’s grandmother, a generous and joyful lady, whose 100th birthday was in October, 2022.

Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine was illustrated by Nika Tchaikovskaya and published in 2022 by Tchaikovsky Family Books, a small publisher on Jeju Island, South Korea. In South Korea, copies are purchasable through all major (for example: aladin.co.kr) and some small booksellers. In the United States, hardbound copies are available here; in Augusta, GA, at Surrey Center Pharmacy, The Book Tavern, Sacred Heart Cultural Center Gift Shop, Augusta Canal Discovery Center Gift Shop, and the Morris Museum Shop; in North Augusta, SC, at the Arts & Heritage Center; in Dublin, GA, at The Olive Branch and Hello Sunshine; and in Greensboro, GA, at Genuine Georgia——please call ahead or message them to make sure it’s in stock, as the books tend to sell quickly!

The Korean version of Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine, 할머니의 사랑 레시피 (literally, “Grandma’s Love Recipe”), was published in Korean in 2023. In South Korea, copies are purchasable through all major (for example: aladin.co.kr) and some small booksellers.