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This was a wonderful story about relationships and redemption. I loved it. The characters are well drawn, the story lines move along nicely. I found myself really liking the characters, even the ones that were kind of unlikable - Cat in her glory days and Darwin at the beginning - each character brought some facet of their personality into my understanding of human relationship.
I can especially relate to the single mom who dotes on her daughter, having been just such a person, never with the panache of Georgia, however. But the book was about more than that, it was about making your own way in the world and having the resiliency to survive all the littles bumps and bounces along the way.
The end provides a few surprises, even more bittersweet than the rest of the story. Definitely a good read!
I can especially relate to the single mom who dotes on her daughter, having been just such a person, never with the panache of Georgia, however. But the book was about more than that, it was about making your own way in the world and having the resiliency to survive all the littles bumps and bounces along the way.
The end provides a few surprises, even more bittersweet than the rest of the story. Definitely a good read!
Sometimes, when I'm trying a new type of knitting pattern, I can puzzle over it and try to make sense of it and feel like tearing my hair out (baby booties come to mind) and declare that I just don't need to make that pattern. But then I get hold of myself and decide to just quit over thinking and follow along exactly without worrying about the final product.
Amazingly, I got a nice pair of baby booties out of that.
This book was actually tackled the same way. I had issues with the writing and some of the characters and was struggling at first to get through it. But I decided to just throw myself into the story, forget that it was a bit clichey and the characters seemed off, and just go with it.
Once I did that, I enjoyed the story.
Georgia Walker owns a yarn store called Walker and Daughter. Her daughter, Dakota, is almost a teenager but was written to appear to be 10. I had a rough time with her character, but I digress. Anita is Georgia's mentor and also works in the shop. As per the title, a Friday night knitting club ends up, rather spontaneously, in Georgia's shop with a hodgepodge of ladies who are brought together by the love of yarn. Or something like that.
Most of this book was pretty formulaic. Single mom, struggling business, jealous friends, major trauma, etc. etc. But just go along with the flow, dive in and enjoy (this is a definite beach-type read).
Amazingly, I got a nice pair of baby booties out of that.
This book was actually tackled the same way. I had issues with the writing and some of the characters and was struggling at first to get through it. But I decided to just throw myself into the story, forget that it was a bit clichey and the characters seemed off, and just go with it.
Once I did that, I enjoyed the story.
Georgia Walker owns a yarn store called Walker and Daughter. Her daughter, Dakota, is almost a teenager but was written to appear to be 10. I had a rough time with her character, but I digress. Anita is Georgia's mentor and also works in the shop. As per the title, a Friday night knitting club ends up, rather spontaneously, in Georgia's shop with a hodgepodge of ladies who are brought together by the love of yarn. Or something like that.
Most of this book was pretty formulaic. Single mom, struggling business, jealous friends, major trauma, etc. etc. But just go along with the flow, dive in and enjoy (this is a definite beach-type read).
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