Publication

2009 - MIRA Books, Don Mills, Ont, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

90,250 words, Guess

Page Count

361 pages

Identifiers

and 7 more
  • ISBN-100778326438
  • ISBN-139780778326434
  • Goodreads5981415
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009464510
  • OCLC Control Number276335231
  • OCLC Control Number311865067
  • Better World Books9780778326434

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3563.A2364 S86 2009b
  • LCCPS3563.A2364
and 1 more
  • LCCPS3563.A2364 S86 2009

Description

Knitting and LifeThey're both about beginnings--and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something--or someone!--and start a new phase of their lives.First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who's trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business.Then there's Lydia's friend Anne Marie Roche. She and her adopted daughter, Ellen, have finally settled into a secure and happy routine--when a stranger appears asking questions.Meanwhile, Lydia and her husband, Brad, have their hands full with the angry, defiant twelve-year-old who unexpectedly becomes their foster child....But when your life--and your stitches--get snarled, your friends can always help!

Description

Upbeat cancer survivor Lydia and her pragmatic sister, Margaret, start a "Knit to Quit" group in their Blossom Street yarn store in Seattle, bringing in a delightful assortment of customers for weekly self-help sessions, including a local baker who wants a baby as much as Lydia does, a super-stressed chocolate magnate who takes the knitting class after his doctor suggests it, and a young woman who is trying to quit obsessing about a broken engagement.

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Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Summer on Blossom StreetMIRA Books2009-01-01
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