Author:Kate Jacobs Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0425219097 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
"Flawed but cozy"
"not worth the serious readers time"
"Friendships grow like a knitted piece of work..."
"great read"
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The New York Times bestselling sensation that's "Steel Magnolias set in Manhattan" (USA Today)-now in paperback.
Juggling the demands of her yarn shop and single-handedly raising a teenage daughter has made Georgia Walker grateful for her Friday Night Knitting Club. Her friends are happy to escape their lives too, even for just a few hours. But when Georgia's ex suddenly reappears, demanding a role in their daughter's life, her whole world is shattered.
Luckily, Georgia's friends are there, sharing their own tales of intimacy, heartbreak, and miracle making. And when the unthinkable happens, these women will discover that what they've created isn't just a knitting club: it's a sisterhood.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Flawed but cozy I enjoyed this book. It's not perfect but I liked coming to know these women. The main character is Georgia, who owns a knitting shop, which is the setting for much of the book. She has a 12 yr old biracial daughter, Dakota, whose father is an ex-boyfriend, who has come back into their lives after many years. The other main characters are members of the knitting group that meets at the store. They are a quirky bunch. Some of the characters are more developed than others and I did not like a few of the... more info
not worth the serious readers time I am an avid reader and when my groom gifted me this book for Christmas I was so happy because it combined my 2 loves...reading and knitting! however, after reading the book, I'm in all honesty disappointed in the book as a whole. While I appreciate that this is the authors first novel, her 'styles' were hard to follow sometimes (the way she described things left me scratching my head sometimes) and she had very little dialog between the characters. when one of the main characters went to the... more info
Friendships grow like a knitted piece of work... Georgia Walker hosted a knitting group in her store on Friday nights. She didn't mean to do this. It just happened. The group contained new and old friends. Friends of obligation, childhood friends, matronly friends, casual friends and one that Georgia didn't seem to like at all for a long time. What happend is that these women bonded over knitting. Their freindships grew into very solid relationships. All of them grew, regardless of how loose the bonds were when the freindships started. The... more info
great read This book struck a cord in my heart, it could be a real life book for all women and young girls. I knit and that caught my attention and enjoyed every page in this book.
