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    <body><![CDATA[Great easy read. Good story. Light and entertaining tale of the lives of several very different woman who are joined together by a knitting class.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like this author. She follows several main charachters and their life and problems in each book. They become your friends and you want all to turn out well for them in the end.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Debbie Macomber &quot;Blossom Street&quot; books aren't the type of books that will change your life.  But what they are is a very sweet, nice read that will make you feel good.  Sort of in an &quot;aww..that's so sweet and life is good&quot; kind of way.<br/><br/>These books revolve around a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3534865">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book, as I did &quot;The Shop On Blossom Street&quot; which is the book that precedes this one.  Its a very sweet read and lots of fun.  I'm looking forward to her next book, &quot;Susannah's Garden&quot; which should be out about now.  Debbie writes wonderful books.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong><em>Pleas join me at A Good Yarn! It's a wonderful little knitting shop in downtown Seattle -- a place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life!<br/>Debbie Macomber</em>  <p>Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived -- and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.  <p>Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elisa Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions -- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.</p></p></strong>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes the most enriching relationships you will have are right under your nose or found in situations and places you would not suspect.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Macomber has done it again with another Blossom Street offering.  Knitters everywhere will find themselves yet again drawn in to the life and yarn shop of Lydia Hoffman, owner of &quot;A Good Yarn&quot;, as she meets three new women from various stages of life who have signed up for her sock knittin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20821867">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong><em>Pleas join me at A Good Yarn! It's a wonderful little knitting shop in downtown Seattle -- a place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life!<br/>Debbie Macomber</em>  <p>Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived -- and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.  <p>Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elisa Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions -- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.</p></p></strong>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great second book! Lydia's first year at the Good Yarn shop went well. Margarite had some financial troubles when her husband was laid off for 6 months and Lydia proved to herself that she was independant by securing a loan to save her sister house. Lydia and Brad have some rough patches in their re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67107911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>Synopsis from Amazon:</u><br/><br/>    <blockquote>This is another heart-warming tale of friendship from the bestselling author of &quot;Thursdays at Eight&quot;. When times are tough, confiding in friends can change your life. Cancer survivor Lydia's business is thriving but her dream-man's ex is threatening the...</blockquote><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51581187">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Debbie Macomber's books.  This lady starts a yarn shop and has classes.  Stories go into the lives of the women attending the classes.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book at the library because of my love of knitting. I loved the book jacket's &quot;promise&quot; of women bonding and developing lasting friendships through a common interest. However, I was disappointed. I found this book too simple and contrite for my tastes. While the story's co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62798267">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong><em>Pleas join me at A Good Yarn! It's a wonderful little knitting shop in downtown Seattle -- a place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life!<br/>Debbie Macomber</em>  <p>Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived -- and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.  <p>Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elisa Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions -- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.</p></p></strong>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Macomber is a good author I just love her books]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this on CD, but also read some of the book because I realized the CD was abridged. The CD didn't have those neat quotes about knitting on it.<br/>I liked finding out what the characters from Blossom Street were up to, and meeting some new characters.  I really like Maverick. I've alre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46377161">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A really sweet book, perfect for sitting out on a porch swing on a beautiful summer afternoon. Which is what I did with it. The story was a meandering plot, without a great deal of tension. However, what keeps one reading is the enormous amount of concern for the characters, one wants them to do wel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57986762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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