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This book also reminded me of "The Midwife's Daughter," by Gay Courter. Interestingly enough, this book reminded me both of "The Agony of Ecstasy," by Irving Stone, where Michaelangelo's life is protrayed to the end. It is nice that she has put this thought out there for others to dialogue about. I'd heard of this book for some time, and had it on my mental "list to read."So, when Regina Pizzaro, a new friend of mine, handed me this book without saying a word, just knowing that I love to knit, I was ready.This is a book that if I had no other responsibilities, I would have read in one sitting, because it is such a wonderful story about facing life on life's terms, seeing the god in yourself as the god in others as being equal, and discovering who you are, through being visible to people who give you room to be who you are. It is also about expressing love in the best way you know how; and allowing that to be enough.I both loved and was annoyed by each character in this novel, especially the protagonist, because I saw myself in her, more than I saw myself in the other characters. This book has some great take away messages for women about how they see themselves through other women.Throughout reading the pages in this book, I kept asking myself, "What is Kate Jacobs' experience with bi-racial relationships."When James, in this book, says to Georgia that he has things to teach their daughter about race that Georgia could never teach her, I agreed with him, while I wondered where in Kate Jacobs' life had she experienced this.
Overall, it was a decent book, but nothing particularly special. The character development was okay, but I wasn't drawn to any of the women strongly. I was hoping it would be more like the Elm Creek Quilters books, but the knitting fell more to the background than I would have liked. It was interesting that the books shows their continued lives after the main tragedy of the book. I liked this, but didn't love it. This is the story focused around the owner of a knitting shop who is a single parent of a daughter. I found the ending somwhat predictable and the crisis proceeding it rather formulaic.
Please. A 12 year old girl, who would rather stay home on friday night, baking muffins for knitting club. This book wants to be a Lifetime channel movie, sort of like Mystic Pizza meets Steel Magnolia set in New York. Characters are so familiar but with touched up political correctness, yet do not make any sense-- a PhD candidate, researching women's issues that also believes that she harmed the baby by just "wishing" for it. And you know something bad will have to happen when the protagonist reaches "complete" love and there still is 120 pages to go.
I couldn`t put it down and was so very sad when it was over. In short this was a great read and a book I`ll NEVER forget. One of the most touching books I have ever read. The characters felt like my friends by the end so I`m glad Jacobs decided to make it a series.
We are looking forward to the movie with Julia Roberts. We all liked the book, but were disappointed at the ending. We are a small group of friends. We meet monthly in the parish library. The many relationships that developed gave rise to some interesting discussions.
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