Chick lit with yarn is a good way to describe this book, a novel about Georgia Walker, who owns Walker and Daughter, a knitting store in Manhattan. She is a single mother with a precocious 12-year-old daughter, Dakota, and lots of worries.
Seems to me she had a good thing going. I was wishing she'd just get over herself at times. Same with the other characters, women who work in or visit the shop and come together every Friday to knit and keep each other company.
Dakota's father, who left before she was born, reappears and Georgia has a hard time with his return - can you say resentful? But she still loves him, too. And then her old high school friend waltzes in. Tension ensues, for a while. Every woman in the book has an issue or problem, and voila, all are resolved by the end.
I belong to a knitting group, myself, so I could relate, even if I found some of the angst a bit overdone. And it had me reaching for the tissues at times.
This is an easy read for vacation or on the plane and though the ending is sad, it is uplifting -- all in a chick-lit kind of way. You might even get inspired to take up knitting by the time you finish it. There are instructions for a simple project and you can visit www.walkeranddaughter.com for tips and chat groups.
Also, there are book club questions at the end of the book.
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