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The Friday Night Knitting Club
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781433201813
Edition: Unabridged
ISBN: 143320181X
Label: Blackstone Audiobooks
Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks
Number Of Items: 10
Publication Date: 2007-08
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Studio: Blackstone Audiobooks
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Editorial Review:
A charming and moving novel about female friendship and the experiences that knit us together-even when we least expect it.
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 latest projects and to chat-and occasionally clash-over their stories of love, life, and everything in between.
Georgia has her hands full, juggling the demands of running the store and raising her spunky teen daughter, Dakota, by herself. Thank goodness for Anita, her mentor and dear friend, and the rest of the members of the knitting club-who are just as varied as the skeins of yarn in the shop's bins. There's Peri, a prelaw student turned handbag designer; Darwin, a somewhat aloof feminist grad student; and Lucie, a petite, quiet woman who's harboring some secrets of her own.
However, unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe. James, Georgia's ex, decides that he wants to play a larger role in Dakota's life-and possibly Georgia's as well. Cat, a former friend from high school, returns to New York as a rich Park Avenue wife and uneasily renews her old bond with Georgia. Meanwhile, Anita must confront her growing (and reciprocated) feelings for Marty, the kind neighborhood deli owner. And when the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club, but a sisterhood
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Falls short
I liked the book at first but about half way through it just went down hill.
I was especially disappointed with the author's completion of the book. It was not necessary to have it end the way she did it. Left me shaking my head and saying... HUH? & WHY????
Rating:  - Entertaining enough to kill time, but unworthy of a place on a To Read list
This book was simply cotton candy for the mind. It was entertaining enough to pass time, so if you are just looking to kill a few hours, it will suffice. However, the characters are poorly developed, and the writing leaves something to be desired. The author depends on narratives to tell us things about the characters, instead of allowing the reader to conclude what the characters are like through their thoughts and actions. We are simply told that James is charming (although I saw no actual ... Read More
Rating:  - I Tried To Like It...
...really I did, but I just couldn't get into it. Actually, I did get into it, but that wasn't until the last four chapters. Before that, I was just reading to get finished.
I won't rehash what others have already said. James' character was very one dimensional. There was more to him leaving Georgia than what he gave as his reasons. I felt sort of like the author really didn't have any experience in being a single mother, or in an interracial relationship. Dakota seemed unreal to me, ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent...Highly Recommend...and I am shocked at those that Disagree!
I laughed at the first review i saw.
Why?
Sounds like writing envy to me...you know the ones...trying so hard to make a name for themselves that they would actually slave over a review (making sure their own ability shines through) only to tear down what I felt was an amazing book.
It's a book that made me laugh OUT LOUD and bawl my eyes out at the end. No, i didn't find it predictable, i actually was surprised and shocked at the ending.
I loved ... Read More
Rating: - Lack luster
The idea of a knitting group is cool, but the story itself & the characters fail to impress. Characters are black & white, wholly unrealistic. I am sure this will appeal to some if you're looking for a straightforward & simple read. I wish I had got it from the library instead of making the purchase!
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