Knit Two Book Review
December 8, 2008 by Tracy
Filed under Book Reviews
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult
(November 25, 2008)
BOOK SYNOPSIS
The sequel to the number-one New York Times bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club, KNIT TWO returns to Walker and Daughter, the Manhattan knitting store founded by Georgia Walker and her young daughter, Dakota. Dakota is now an eighteen-year-old freshman at NYU, running the little yarn shop part-time with help from the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club.
Drawn together by the sense of family the club has created, the knitters rely on one another as they struggle with new challenges: for Catherine, finding love after divorce; for Darwin, the hope for a family; for Lucie, being both a single mom and a caregiver for her elderly mother; and for seventysomething Anita, a proposal of marriage from her sweetheart, Marty, that provokes the objections of her grown children.
As the club’s projects—an afghan, baby booties, a wedding coat—are pieced together, so is their understanding of the patterns underlying the stresses and joys of being mother, wife, daughter, and friend. Because it isn’t the difficulty of the garment that makes you a great knitter: it’s the care and attention you bring to the craft—as well as how you adapt to surprises.
MY REVIEW
It is difficult to live up to the first book in sequels. And I have to say Knit Two didn’t live up to the first book, The Friday Night Knitting Club. But, I was pleasantly surprised that I did really enjoy reading it and it is a fantastic sequel. The author, Kate Jacobs, has a talent for making you really care about the characters and their friendships. It was fun to see how they developed from the first book, but I really did miss one character (no spoilers here). Both books would be enjoyed by anyone who likes to delve into stories about friendship, career, women, and the bonds between them. To test the waters, you can read the first chapter here. Kate Jacobs website is www.katejacobs.com. Knit Two is available on Amazon and at bookstores and retailers everywhere now, just in time for Christmas. Both books would make a fabulous gift for the books lover on your list!
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Thanks for the review. I think I need to read The Friday Night Knitting Club first.
I really enjoyed the story but mostly I missed Georgia.
I liked the story but I missed you know who too.
I was supposed to read The Friday Night Knitting Club with one of my book groups but I couldn’t get a chance to read it before it was due back. I’m sure I will read it one day though.
LOL
Or just read it. The second one is a hit or miss. the first one is much better:)
I know. me too. It wasn’t as good as the first.