No matter how busy life gets, I never stop reading. So even during these past few weeks when things in my regular life have been crazy, I’ve always had the comfort of a good book to come home to. Here’s a few that have sustained me during the mayhem of April and May~
The Knitting Circle
, by Ann Hood: The first of two novels I’ve read that feature knitting as the vehicle for women to form friendships and work through dilemmas in their lives. Ann Hood’s novel is a poignant, understated story about a mother grieving the loss of her five year old daughter. When the novel begins, Mary Baxter is unable to pursue any of the activities that once gave meaning to her life, including her relationship with her husband. Through the women she meets in The Knitting Circle, who have each overcome their own personal disasters, Mary is able to share her own story and begin the long road back to life once more.The Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacbobs: Another group of women joined by their interest in knitting, this novel is a bit more lighthearted and humorous than Hood’s story. The crisis in this tale comes at the end, after we’ve become attached to Georgia Walker and her 13 year old daughter, Dakota, proprietor’s of Walker and Daughter Knit Shop, where the club members meet each week to hash out not only sweater patterns, but life changing events. This is a fun read, full of characters that are instantly recognizable and likeable. Both this novel, and The Knitting Circle are part of a new genre of books that I really like to read~novels where the reader meets groups of women characters dealing with various life concerns, forming friendships, and bonding together in pursuit of a common activity, one that, in itself, becomes therapeutic for them.
How do you keep up with all these blogs of yours??? Amazing! I can’t wait to dip into your others to catch up on what’s been going on in your writing life!
These sound interesting. I think I’d really like the knitting books, and the Renoir sounds wonderful as well; knitting is very relaxing (and therapeutic, as you said).
I really like the idea of those knitting-group books. I’ll have to start a list of books to pick up when I go to US later in the summer. In fact all of these books look like ones I would like to give a go. Thanks.
Thanks for this post, Becca. I think it’s a wonderful thing to share book titles and make recommendations. I love books so much. The only thing is, I’m addicted to them.
Thanks for coming over and commenting. I’ve browsed your blogs and had a good time reading…thanks for the new book tips! I’m just finishing up both Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos and The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson. Have you read The Weekend Novelist?
Becca-
Thanks for all the great reviews…
I am glad to be back at your blog.
Missed ya!
Hi, I work for http://www.shopyarn.com. Part of my job is to search blogs to find the latest books and shops throughout the U.S.
On shopyarn.com we are going to add patterns and other knitting related books and would like reviews about them. I saw your blog and would like to ask permission to feature the following quote on our site.
“The Knitting Circle, by Ann Hood: The first of two novels I’ve read that feature knitting as the vehicle for women to form friendships and work through dilemmas in their lives. Ann Hood’s novel is a poignant, understated story about a mother grieving the loss of her five year old daughter. When the novel begins, Mary Baxter is unable to pursue any of the activities that once gave meaning to her life, including her relationship with her husband. Through the women she meets in The Knitting Circle, who have each overcome their own personal disasters, Mary is able to share her own story and begin the long road back to life once more.”
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Margaret
Shopyarn.com
Margaret@directionpress.com
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