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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Expert Craftsmanship</strong><br/>	<br/>I enjoyed every minute spent reading <em>The Knitting Circle</em> by Ann Hood. Knitting is far more than just a device in this well-crafted tale. It provides the warmth and the intimacy, and is the central focus for a group of people (mostly women) who are in various stages o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2391803">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick and easy read, but yikes--depressing.  Not everybody starts knitting because of tragedy.  Some of us just like to do it.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Didn't really dig <strong>The Knitting Circle</strong>. Aside from being relentlessly depressing, which I'm okay with, I'm bothered by he inconsistencies and anachronisms (it took 68 pages to firmly establish that Mary is 57 and had Stella when she was 52 - I spent most of the first three score pages trying to recon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28711675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Knitting Circle is an amazing story of great love and of equally great loss, and of one woman's climb from literally the end of her rope back to a place where hope still exists. I came to love each and every one of the characters in this story as their storylines were further developed, and thei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5719125">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book would definitely fall under the heading of &quot;chick lit,&quot; which is not my cup of tea to begin with, and I'm afraid it did nothing to shake my perceptions of the genre.  I found myself getting extremely frustrated with the main character and her refusal to do anything to improve her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42873789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mentions the characters' 2 week visit to NS - strawberry festivals, church halls, fiddle music! :)  The authour is from Providence RI and it reminded me of my memories to her city :)<br/><br/>Funny, a reviewer before me called this &quot;relentlessly depressing&quot; but i think it's more bittersw...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40604780">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just started reading this last night and found it very hard to put down.  It is easy to read and so far a good story. I read about half of it last night.  Will update when I am finished.  <br/>I am now finished with the book - took me only about two days to read. One evening, one lazy afternoon, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53106116">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Discovered this in the display of books by women authors at the library, for Women's History Month.  I was definitely interested in reading another book about females pulling together to help each other through hard times, especially in the context of crafting together.<br/><br/>I liked the writin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48225325">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an inspirational read. It really brought home the kind of peace that I receive as a knitter myself. Some of the quotes in the book have really spoken to me, such as &quot;Every stitch is a prayer&quot;. The stories of these women in the Knitting Circle (which takes place in Providence and o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46661658">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a pleasant novel.  Some people will find it depressing, of course, because it centers on a woman who suddenly lost her five-year-old daughter to meningitis.  She takes comfort in learning to knit and the relationships she develops with the women in her knitting circle who have gone through h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43709049">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spoiler and UN-PC comments alert<br/><br/>Last disc--not quite done. I admit that her writing about the death of Stella was traumatic and heart-wrenching in the real sense. Obviously, her personal grief at the loss of her own daughter in real life fueled her writing to truly the level of great lit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67923093">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. As someone who can uderstand the grief of a mother losing a child, this book really struck me.<br/>Each woman in the circle had a story. Each woman in the book experienced heartache and loss.<br/>Through knitting they are able to heal themselves and help those around th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26938148">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easy read, yes mostly depressing. I just wanted to finish to see if anyone found happiness. I understood that the story told that knitting helped Mary through her tough times, and connected her to her mother who had done the same. But is was too much that they all came to knit due to such tragedies ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71989096">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think the premise of this novel is quite good, and the main character's struggle to deal with the death of her five year old daughter quite valid and realistic, perhaps autobiographical.  Reading this book made me want to start knitting again! I had forgotten how mindlessly using your hands in thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39920881">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know why I read this thing.  I should have put it back on the shelf as soon as I read on the back that the daughter died.  But instead I bought it and read it in one sitting because I was sobbing so hard that I knew that I wouldn't pick it up again if I put it down.  I woke my husband, sleep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58202666">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in a day -- I was glued to the pages.  The characters and their stories were compelling.  <br/>A woman, having recently buried her young daughter following a sudden and tragic illness, finds living -- each day -- a challenge.  Her mother, with whom she has a troubled relationship, sugge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63428656">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book at an island B&amp;B in Vieques, Puerto Rico, thinking it would be an easy beach read.  I think I started crying on the third page.  The stories of grief for Mary and all the women in the circle is so authentic. Mary, the main character, has lost her only daughter, and the novel ta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60495406">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful book. It is really a hopefull story even given the subject matter. Thanks for lending it to me Amy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was incredibly depressing.  Every single person had a horrible tragedy happen in their life, the loss of a child, death of a lover, divorce, famine, fire, swarms of locusts - you get the picture.  And then every single person picked up knitting as a mindless way to recover from said traged...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53716376">more...</a>]]></body>
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