The Friday Night Knitting Club | Kate Jacobs

The Friday Night Knitting Club | Kate Jacobs | A Good Summer Read!

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	The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs Berkley Trade, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 185 reviews view larger image
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The New York Times bestselling sensation that's "Steel Magnolias set in Manhattan" (USA Today)-now in paperback. Juggling the demands of her yarn shop and single-handedly raising a teenage daughter has made Georgia Walker grateful for her Friday Night Knitting Club. Her friends are happy to escape their lives too, even for just a few hours. But when Georgia's ex suddenly reappears, demanding a role in their daughter's life, her whole world is shattered. Luckily, Georgia's friends are there, sharing their own tales of intimacy, heartbreak, and miracle making. And when the unthinkable happens, these women will discover that what they've created isn't just a knitting club: it's a sisterhood.

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As the cover says...

... This plays out as a "Steel Magnolia's set in Manhattan" and I was not let down. A nicely written account of how womens lives connect and develop into deep friendships. I was hanging on the writers every word, not being able to put the book down. I wish this would be made into a movie soon. I cannot say enough good things about this story.

A Good Summer Read!

I read this book and marveled at how I picked such a great novel about women, love, friendship and of course knitting. The writing is fresh; the characters memorable. No, you are not going to learn how to knit just from reading a novel about a knitting club but the beauty is that it makes you want to learn how by taking a formal class or joining your own local knitting club. I loved every page of this book. I thought the characters were well developed because I understood each and every one of them and their thoughts-their struggles. Sure Georgia's character may have irked me after a while...what with her musings and lingering resentment for her daughter's father but I could understand her character and WHY she felt as she did. I felt a connection with the other characters as well even the clueless Cat Phillips...and while I don't condone James's earlier abandonment, I understood his fear and WHY he jeopardized his and Georgia's relationship. There was a reason, I think, why the author wrote James and Cat's reappearance into Georgia's life. No, it may not have the fairy-tale ending and yes that was disappointing but at the same time I did not expect it to end any differently. For those who want a realistic view into the lives of the modern day independent woman who just so happens to knit, I say give this book a chance. I did and I do not regret it.

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A BOOK FOR WOMAN EVEN IFTHEY DON'TKNIT

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A GROUP OF WOMAN WHO HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON EXCEPT THE LOVE OF KNITTING. YET AS TIME GOES ON THEY DISCOVER THEIR BONDIS STRONG. YES THERE IS A LOVE AFFAIR.

IT IS A STORY OF REDEMTION AND RENEWAL. IT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH AND CRY.

Enjoyable but formulaic

I like a good chick-lit book once or twice a summer, and this one fit the bill. There were some likeable characters, and it was fun to see some different kinds of conflicts, like the 72 year old woman suddenly rediscovering her sexuality, and I loved the scene where James' mother gives him a dressing down. Some of the characters were too one-dimensional -- Georgia was just too good to be true much of the time, and Cat too stupid for redemption, and Darwin too annoying overall. I know I was supposed to cry when Georgia died, but honestly, her role seemd to be to be the catalyst for everyone else to get her life together, and once that happened, she kinda had to die because her purpose was served. The writer has obvious talent and some passages were either incredibly insightful (like why New Yorkers never invite you to their homes) or just plain lyrical. It's not great literature, but it's not bad, either, and she is definitely an author I would read again. But the book will go in my giveaway/trade pile because it's really not deep enough or satisfying enough for a second read.

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