false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804937m/17204.jpg 17204 23 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 pre-law 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. 2209036 book 18 1 2007 The Friday Night Knitting Club total:14904|5:1941|4:4743|3:5357|2:2189|1:675| 14904 49797 22010 3919 1 20 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 11:38:49 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 10:01:34 -0800 2007
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And one week later, I can say this: I hated this book. I hated the way the aut...more...]]> 1 21 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 03:10:43 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:58:24 -0800 2008
All the non-white characters are described as having cafe au lait skin or mocha skin.

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The idea of a knitting group--a group of women gathering on a regular basis forming bonds of friendship and sharing life experiences--was the alluring premise of this book, and the reason I bought it. That's definitely what this book is. But is it a riveting...more...]]> 2 9 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 11 17:24:47 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 17:26:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 9 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 17:49:37 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 03 20:38:14 -0700 2009
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I read most of it, but even then I had to force myself through the first half. The whole Dividing The Book Into Chapters About Knitting To Symbolize A Metaphor For Life seemed too cliche.

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The plot: Georgia Walker owns a knitting-yarn store in New York City. Between her and her daughter, her employees, her friends, and some of her customers, they cobble together "The Friday Night Knitting Club" and ga...more...]]> 0 5 true false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 08:09:40 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 11:26:32 -0700 2008
Oy! The best thing about this book was the cover photo. Gosh. I read this book slowly because I have very limited time for pleasure reading. I was annoyed with the overuse of the words "nosh" and "kybosh" for one thing, w...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 16:17:41 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 21:59:44 -0800 2008 Audible.com). It starts out in a way that, I think, most of find ourselves in at some point in life: doing fine and not able to see how life could be bet...more...]]> 2 8 false true Tue Feb 19 20:21:55 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 20:22:33 -0800 2008
I found the characters to be shallow and not all that likeable, and the jumping between viewpoints to be distracting and choppy. (Maeve B...more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:14:51 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:49:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 3 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 15:40:16 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 06:35:06 -0800 2008 Well, I think this is a sophomoric attempt to ride on the coattails of those great works. So many exclamation points! So much 6th gra...more...]]> 2 3 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 17:14:51 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 20:38:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false true Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 21:31:44 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 18 21:49:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 15:52:23 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 13:21:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 12:32:59 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:40:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 06:54:19 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 05:48:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 10:16:37 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 10:23:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=17204