About this title: 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 projects and to chat. As they knit, they bond; and as they bond, their lives become connected in most unexpected ways. When Georgia's ex, decides he wants to play a larger role in her daughter Dakota's life and possibly Georgia's . . . when Kat returns to New York as a rich Park Avenue wife. . . when Anita prepares to confront her growing feelings for the kind ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. First printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges Slight curve to book GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425219096ISBN:0425219097
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
"I thought this book was wonderful. I could hardly put it down. It's an easy read that pulls you into it. It's a story that could really happen in anyones life. I couldn't wait to get the second book. I felt the pain and struggle that the characters in the book were."
"An interesting portrayal of an assortment of women living in Manhattan and drawn together in various ways to a small, privately-owned yarn shop which seems to spontaneously spawn a Friday Night Knitting Club. Every character is unconventional. Is this because it's New York, a novel or because there are no more 'ordinary'* families left in America? One wonders...
The language and situations leave something to be desired. Also, whereas previous generations of women ran into each other at the well, river, 'Red Tent', church social, mall or most recently the work-out studio, now young women have to worry about seeing their friends and neighbors at Planned Parenthood--and for a variety of different reasons. Well at least they do in The Friday Night Knitting Club. Times change.
Parts of TFNKC touched me deeply, especially the character of Anita. The description of her mourning her beloved spouse, Stan, dead ten years had me in tears and reaching over to touch my own dear husband. Another particularly moving scene was when Georgia's mother unexpectedly came to visit her in the hospital; they had a long history of a strained and difficult relationship which it took Georgia a long time to realise she had partially caused.
Other parts of the book which dealt with more dramatic situations, however, failed to move me in the same way. Although life and death issues were an undercurrent of the book, God was most frequently a word of exclamation and not a person, force nor meaningful part of any of the character's lives. I suppose this may be true for groups of women in New York (and elsewhere) who come together, love and support each other in true altruism and goodness, but I have trouble believing it.
Clever "knitting" together of crafting techniques with relationship themes. Entertaining.
* Or 'typical' or whatever politically correct word is appropriate these days."
""Now that I learned about this foreshadowing thing, I'm going to use it in all my stories!" That was the title of a story about John Grisham on the satirical news website The Onion, and I kept thinking of it as I read this book. Everything about it just seemed so amatuerish - the symbolism, the knitting metaphor, the foreshadowing, the corny, heavy-handed life lessons from wise older women, etc. And, as several people on this site pointed out, there were so many events in the book that were not remotely believable. For example, Georgia just happens to find a sensible, wise, levelheaded widow who is more than happy to help out at her shop for free, and is an expert knitter herself? Or, she goes 13 years without reading the letters from the man who broke her heart, yet she brings them with her to Scotland and reads them there, and then he just shows up out of the blue? Give me a break. Also, there were so many situations that the author could have made more interesting. Like the situation with Cat leaving her husband - it's great that she left him because he was a complete jerk, but it wasn't very interesting. If he'd had some kind of redeeming qualities, or there had been an interesting secret, or they had had a child together, or something, it would have at least made it interesting. I also agree that Lucie's decision was irresponsible and the book kind of sugar-coated that. She decided to use some guy to impregnate her, when she wasn't even financially stable herself, and then not tell anyone about the pregnancy. I hate to sound judgmental, but the author did romanticize the whole idea. I am reading this book now and debating whether or not to finish it - it's pretty obvious how it's going to end. I hate to not finish a book, but this one just keeps getting lamer and lamer the more I read. And it makes me angry that the main character is going to die - not because that couldn't happen, but because I don't feel this book is good enough to get away with a depressing ending. The writing is medicore at best, and the book strains credibility to the max. But it's OK as a mindless escape to read after a day of working at an emotionally draining job. But if I'm going to read a mindless book, I want a mindless happy ending too. Well I'm not sure if I'll finish the book, but I know for sure I won't be wasting my time and money on the sequel, "Knit Two." This one was mediocre, but the sequel has the potential to be truly godawful. And, of course, so does the inevitable movie version of this book. Update: I did finish it, and it only got worse. A particularly groan-out-loud awful part was when Georgia just happened to run into a priest she knew, and they had a heart-to-heart chat in which he imparted another of the book's valuable life lesson. Except that his advice was basically just the Cliff Notes version on the (far superior) book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People.""
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