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A charming and moving novel about female friendship and the experiences that knit us together - even when we least expect it. Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars, who gather once a week to work on their latest projects and to chat - and occasionally clash - over their stories of love, life, and everything in between. Georgia has her hands full, juggling the demands of running the store and raising her spunky teen daughter, Dakota, by herself.
Thank goodness for Anita, her mentor and dear friend, and the rest of the members of the knitting club - who are just as varied as the skeins of yarn in the shop's bins. There's Peri, a pre-law student turned handbag designer; Darwin, a somewhat aloof feminist grad student; and Lucie, a petite, quiet woman who's harboring some secrets of her own. However, unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe.
James, Georgia's ex, decides that he wants to play a larger role in Dakota's life - and possibly Georgia's as well. Cat, a former friend from high school, returns to New York as a rich Park Avenue wife and uneasily renews her old bond with Georgia. Meanwhile, Anita must confront her growing (and reciprocated) feelings for Marty, the kind neighborhood deli owner. And when the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club, but a sisterhood
Thank goodness for Anita, her mentor and dear friend, and the rest of the members of the knitting club - who are just as varied as the skeins of yarn in the shop's bins. There's Peri, a pre-law student turned handbag designer; Darwin, a somewhat aloof feminist grad student; and Lucie, a petite, quiet woman who's harboring some secrets of her own. However, unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe.
James, Georgia's ex, decides that he wants to play a larger role in Dakota's life - and possibly Georgia's as well. Cat, a former friend from high school, returns to New York as a rich Park Avenue wife and uneasily renews her old bond with Georgia. Meanwhile, Anita must confront her growing (and reciprocated) feelings for Marty, the kind neighborhood deli owner. And when the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club, but a sisterhood
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Cozette M. (
17 member(s) found this review helpful.
Do women still knit? Is knitting just an old-fashioned skill? Are women in NYC cold and unfeeling and never reach out to each other. With this book you'll find that the answers are NO. This book is story of how women knit their lives together while meeting to knit yarn. A great story of women supporting women, even through the crises of their lives.
Stephanie M. (
14 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fun. This book is a great testament to the social connections that form through traditonally-female crafts. The author is wonderfully perceptive in her descriptions of the characters -- I often felt like I knew people just like each character -- yet the characters remain multidimensional. Some unnecessary twists in the end, in my opinion, but they didn't detract from the good feeling I felt as I finished the book.
Colleen R.
12 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wow. I was not interested in reading this book at first. A friend recommended it, so I figured why not? It might turn out to be good. This book was great!! Lots of depth. I laughed out loud and I cried too. Books rarely make me cry, but I finished this book in tears. I wanted to reach out and hug every woman in this book. It was very touching.
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
A charming read, even if you aren't a knitter. It's what friendship is all about...I think I'll dig into my knitting basket! I laughed, I cried,...enjoyed this book which is a very good first novel. I'm sure there will be sequels.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was selected as part of my monthly book club. It is about a group of women who accidently become friends through the Walker & Daughter store. Georgia Walker opens the store with the assistance of Anita, a mother figure to her. She also has a young daugher, Dakota who is entering her teenage years.
The club forms when women begin coming to the store every Friday evening. Initially it is for assistance with their knitting projects, but it turns into much more.
I couldn't put the book down and read it over a weekend. I thought I had the ending figured out, but it didn't end they way I had forseen in the first few chapters.
Dayna F. (
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
I usually don't like mushy books about female friendships, but this book was just plain good from beginning to end! I liked the way the author divided the book so that each character had their share of the spotlight. This was a good book to read while commuting-easy to read and easy to put down and pick back up later. This book was just so refreshing and as soon as I finished it, I started phoning some friends to get together. These female friendships are valuable, ladies! I have a new appreciation for my girlfriends now...I can't wait to read more by this author.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
Such a GREAT book. Loved it! Very enjoyable read...and you don't have to knit to love it! I knit and it made me want to knit more. I also wish I had women friends in my life like the ones in this story. Easy, fun, read. You will laugh and cry...
Dena R. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is slightly generic, although it was a nice easy read. It makes me want to learn to knit! It's a good summer read. Not much to think about though, it's not very thought provoking.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
I just finished this book two nights ago and I LOVED it! It is written well and touches your heart. I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed every minute of it. Take a few hours for yourself, believe me, you won't regret it!!
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Thes story line of "The Friday Night Knitting Club" is similar to several of Debbie Macomber's books about knitting but the characters are developed much more deeply and in a more interesting manner. Just when I thought a plot line was resolved, another more detailed one popped up. I thoroughly enjoyed Kate Jacob's fist novel and hope she continues her writing soon.
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I loved this book and as a beginning knitter it has inspired me to create my first sweater.
After reading all of the reviews for this book I couldnt wait to get it in my hands and begin reading it. I was sooo unbelievably disappointed. I found it to be extremely slow and didnt even end up finishing it. Complete waste of time for me.
Kitty W. (I really loved this book. It is an interwoven tale of strength and family... and not only blood family, but also the family of close friends that develops over time. Although I don't know how to knit, I do want to learn, and even without having a clue about knitting, this story sucked me in from the start.
great easy read. you can almost see things as you read due to the great author depiction.
Laura R. (i liked it, but i did not love it... had a hard time relating to the characters. i had a hard time picking it up for long periods of time, it just never grabbed me like some other books have.
I loved this book! Once I started I couldn't put it down. I loved the relationships between the women & how they changed. It's been a while since I've knitted, but I'm making plans to start a new project soon. It's not so much about knitting as it is about being creative & sharing your gifts. Great read!
I’m sure by now, everyone is familiar with the premise of this book – it’s in the title, after all! A group of women join together, unintentionally at first, and form a knitting club that meets every Friday night at Walker & Daughter in Manhattan. While the knitting club is where we meet our cast of characters, it is really only the background in this charming tale.
As a knitter myself, the book made me long to pick up one of my numerous projects and work on it. It’s hard when you’re torn between two of your favorite things, knitting and reading, because I at least cannot do both at once. However, I have no doubt that Georgia Walker, the owner of Walker & Daughter, would have been competent at doing the two things together!
To read the rest of my review, please visit:
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I was really enjoying this book, until a plot twist with about 75 pages to go. I, for the first time, decided to stop reading the book. It could have been better without the twist.
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