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Friday Night Knitting Club [Hardcover]

Kate Jacobs
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Jan 23 2007 Friday Night Knitting Club Novels
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


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Between running her Manhattan yarn shop, Walker & Daughter, and raising her 12-year-old biracial daughter, Dakota, Georgia Walker has plenty on her plate in Jacobs's debut novel. But when Dakota's father reappears and a former friend contacts Georgia, Georgia's orderly existence begins to unravel. Her support system is her staff and the knitting club that meets at her store every Friday night, though each person has dramas of her own brewing. Jacobs surveys the knitters' histories, and the novel's pace crawls as the novel lurches between past and present, the latter largely occupied by munching on baked goods, sipping coffee and watching the knitters size each other up. Club members' troubles don't intersect so much as build on common themes of domestic woes and betrayal. It takes a while, but when Jacobs, who worked at Redbook and Working Woman, hits her storytelling stride, poignant twists propel the plot and help the pacing find a pleasant rhythm. (Jan.)
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Georgia Walker's entire life is wrapped up in running her knitting store, Walker and Daughter, and caring for her 12-year-old daughter, Dakota. With the help of Anita, a lively widow in her seventies, Georgia starts the Friday Night Knitting Club, which draws loyal customers and a few oddballs. Darwin Chiu, a feminist grad student, believes knitting is downright old-fashioned, but she's drawn to the club as her young marriage threatens to unravel. Lucie, 42, a television producer, is about to become a mother for the first time--without a man in her life. Brash book editor KC finds her career has stalled unexpectedly, while brilliant Peri works at Walker and Daughter by day and designs handbags at night. Georgia gets her own taste of upheaval when Dakota's father reappears, hoping for a second chance. The yarn picks up steam as it draws to a conclusion, and an unexpected tragedy makes it impossible to put down. Jacobs' winning first novel is bound to have appeal among book clubs. Kristine Huntley
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Friday Night Knitting Club review Jan 24 2007
Format:Hardcover
What a delightful book by first time author Kate Jacobs!It was a terrific read, kept me intrigued the whole way through. Kate really makes you feel as if you know the characters which keeps you wanting to turn the page and not put the book down.You get wrapped up in the life of the Knitting Club and it made me want to run out and take up knitting.

I would recommend this book as a enjoyable read, and i cannot wait to see the movie with Julia Roberts.

I look forward to the next book by Kate Jacobs.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed Jun 28 2008
By Samantha TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I continued reading the book past the first few chapters despite being irritated by the "writing down" to the reader and the poor character development because of the hype that I now realize was manufactured. I didn't find it a warm woman's read in any way. I kept reading past the half-way mark because I was slightly invested in the outcome of a sub-plot for a minor character (Darwin). The twist near the end was melodramatic and unnecessary. My take on the book was that it was an early draft of the possibility of a good published novel. I gave it 2 stars rather than 1 because of that one minor character that had some dimension.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read Mar 5 2008
By MD
Format:Paperback
The Friday Night Knitting Club is a nice read. At times, it felt that the book dragged on just a bit, but it is such a relaxing and heartwarming story that I kept on reading and found that it picked up further into the story.

It actually reminded me of a New York version of a Maeve Binchy-type story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Life & knitting projects drawn together
Pure chick-lit about a group of ladies, from different backgrounds, with one thing in common: knitting. Read more
Published on Sep 6 2009 by I LOVE BOOKS
4.0 out of 5 stars The Friday Night Knitting Club
An easy, light read but enjoyable at the same time. However, was disappointed about the ending though - found that pointless. Read more
Published on Aug 22 2009 by December
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Our book club read this one and we enjoyed it very much. Well written the author has a real insite in womens social interaction. Read more
Published on Jun 20 2009 by JANICE L.
2.0 out of 5 stars Boring
I never give up on books 2/3 the way through...except for this feminist dreck. It is Steel Magnolias set in New York. Every woman has a cute name and something to overcome. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2009 by D. Shaluk
3.0 out of 5 stars OK, If You Like Sweets
A very sentimental, syrupy sweet story, that I found almost embarrassing at times. This book tries hard for the brass ring and sadly misses it. Read more
Published on Aug 18 2008 by R. Mitchell
3.0 out of 5 stars The most 'chick-litiest' of chick-lit
I want to start off by saying that the third star for this novel was given simply out of admiration for keeping so many balls in the air. Read more
Published on Aug 7 2008 by Schmadrian
4.0 out of 5 stars COZY, WARM, AND FRIENDLY
A bit reminiscent of Ann Hood's The Knitting Circle we are again introduced to a group of women who meet to knit and find that they've stitched strong bonds of friendship. Read more
Published on July 20 2007 by Gail Cooke
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