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From Publishers Weekly
Between running her Manhattan yarn shop, Walker & Daughter, and raising her 12-year-old biracial daughter, Dakota, Georgia Walker has plenty on her plate in Jacobs's debut novel. But when Dakota's father reappears and a former friend contacts Georgia, Georgia's orderly existence begins to unravel. Her support system is her staff and the knitting club that meets at her store every Friday night, though each person has dramas of her own brewing. Jacobs surveys the knitters' histories, and the novel's pace crawls as the novel lurches between past and present, the latter largely occupied by munching on baked goods, sipping coffee and watching the knitters size each other up. Club members' troubles don't intersect so much as build on common themes of domestic woes and betrayal. It takes a while, but when Jacobs, who worked at Redbook and Working Woman, hits her storytelling stride, poignant twists propel the plot and help the pacing find a pleasant rhythm. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Georgia Walker's entire life is wrapped up in running her knitting store, Walker and Daughter, and caring for her 12-year-old daughter, Dakota. With the help of Anita, a lively widow in her seventies, Georgia starts the Friday Night Knitting Club, which draws loyal customers and a few oddballs. Darwin Chiu, a feminist grad student, believes knitting is downright old-fashioned, but she's drawn to the club as her young marriage threatens to unravel. Lucie, 42, a television producer, is about to become a mother for the first time--without a man in her life. Brash book editor KC finds her career has stalled unexpectedly, while brilliant Peri works at Walker and Daughter by day and designs handbags at night. Georgia gets her own taste of upheaval when Dakota's father reappears, hoping for a second chance. The yarn picks up steam as it draws to a conclusion, and an unexpected tragedy makes it impossible to put down. Jacobs' winning first novel is bound to have appeal among book clubs. Kristine Huntley
Between running her Manhattan yarn shop, Walker & Daughter, and raising her 12-year-old biracial daughter, Dakota, Georgia Walker has plenty on her plate in Jacobs's debut novel. But when Dakota's father reappears and a former friend contacts Georgia, Georgia's orderly existence begins to unravel. Her support system is her staff and the knitting club that meets at her store every Friday night, though each person has dramas of her own brewing. Jacobs surveys the knitters' histories, and the novel's pace crawls as the novel lurches between past and present, the latter largely occupied by munching on baked goods, sipping coffee and watching the knitters size each other up. Club members' troubles don't intersect so much as build on common themes of domestic woes and betrayal. It takes a while, but when Jacobs, who worked at Redbook and Working Woman, hits her storytelling stride, poignant twists propel the plot and help the pacing find a pleasant rhythm. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Georgia Walker's entire life is wrapped up in running her knitting store, Walker and Daughter, and caring for her 12-year-old daughter, Dakota. With the help of Anita, a lively widow in her seventies, Georgia starts the Friday Night Knitting Club, which draws loyal customers and a few oddballs. Darwin Chiu, a feminist grad student, believes knitting is downright old-fashioned, but she's drawn to the club as her young marriage threatens to unravel. Lucie, 42, a television producer, is about to become a mother for the first time--without a man in her life. Brash book editor KC finds her career has stalled unexpectedly, while brilliant Peri works at Walker and Daughter by day and designs handbags at night. Georgia gets her own taste of upheaval when Dakota's father reappears, hoping for a second chance. The yarn picks up steam as it draws to a conclusion, and an unexpected tragedy makes it impossible to put down. Jacobs' winning first novel is bound to have appeal among book clubs. Kristine Huntley
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Angela T. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was very disappointed with this book, maybe I had too high of expectations. It reached a point of being very predicatable and I lost all interest. I also got really sick of Georgia calling her daughter her little muffin girl--the term was used way too much. I did have Knit 2 on my WL but I cancelled it after finishing this one.
Rose S. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Rarely does a book coax tears from me... but this one did. Great story, interesting characters - esp loved Gran. Despite making me cry, it was a good ending. Looking forward to reading the second one to see where the characters go from here.
Jennifer S. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was a tad disappointed with this book. I felt that it moved too slowly. It just didnt have that spark that left me not wanting to put it down. I did enjoy it though, just not as much as I thought I would.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read some of the other reviews that said that people were disappointed in this book because it was a little predictable. Truthfully, it is a little predictable, but it is also a timeless story of women bonding together in tough circumstances regardless of how different they all are. I do wish that there had been a bit more character development for Darwin and Lucie. I really identified with Darwin, in particular. I love that she is so conflicted about traditional gender roles while struggling with actually desiring some of those roles in her own life. I did not like Cat Phillips at all, but she grew on me by the end of the book. If you like Steel Magnolias or Jodi Picoult books, you will probably like this book. If you don't like sappy books, it's probably not for you.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was the best book I've read in ages. Loved it!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this book directly after I read Audrey Niffenegger's "The Time Traveler's Wife", and I thought this book, while I liked the other, was about ten times better. It reminded me a little of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club", with much less focus on culture and ethnicity and more focus on the unlikely bond between a hodgepodge of women.
Each character is so wonderfully written that you come to love them all and find yourself rooting for them as if you were one of the girls. I teared up in several places in the book (because I'm kind of a sentimental boob) and sobbed at the end. While the focus is not on knitting, per se, it made me wish that I knitted (knat?) Wonderful, highly recommended, although I am not sure how much it would appeal to most men. Women, particularly those over 30, I would imagine, will love it.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book didn't meet my expectations. It started out well but branched off into too many side stories, and then tried way too hard to wrap them all up in a neat package by the book's end.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A very good book about friends and relationships. I loved it.
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