false 6238910 6 "A charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch"--Joanne Harris "Pitch-perfect literary fiction"--Books on the Cape "Generates convincing warmth and emotion"--Publisher's Weekly "Impressively authentic"--Minnneapolis Star Tribune "Compelling"--Library Journal "Unforgettable"--National Examiner "Entertaining"--BookPage "You can always start again," Kate Robinson's mother once told her, "all it takes is a new thread." Overwhelmed by heartbreak and loss, the struggling twenty-six-year-old fashion designer follows her mother's advice and flees to her ancestral homeland of Ireland, hoping to break free of old patterns and reinvent herself. She arrives on the west coast, in the seaside hamlet of Glenmara. In this charming, fading Gaelic village, Kate quickly develops a bond with members of the local lace-making society: Bernie, alone and yearning for a new purpose since the death of her beloved husband, John; Aileen, plagued by doubt, helplessly watching her teenage daughter grow distant; Moira, caught in a cycle of abuse and denial, stubbornly refusing help from those closest to her; Oona, in remission from breast cancer, secretly harboring misgivings about her marriage; Colleen, the leader of the group, worried about her fisherman husband, missing at sea. And outside this newfound circle is local artist Sullivan Deane, an enigmatic man trying to overcome a tragedy of his own. Under Glenmara's spell, Kate finds the inspiration that has eluded her, and soon she and the lace makers are creating a line of exquisite lingerie. In their skilled hands, flowers, Celtic dragons, nymphs, fish, saints, kings, and queens come to life, rendered with painterly skill. The circle also offers them something more—the strength to face their long-denied desires and fears. But not everyone welcomes Kate, and a series of unexpected events threatens to unravel everything the women have worked so hard for. . . . 6421662 10 6 2009 The Lace Makers of Glenmara total:219|5:41|4:73|3:75|2:25|1:5| 219 777 534 102 4 2 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:28:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 13:04:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:38:16 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:38:16 -0700 2009 1
In search of space and time to grieve Kate takes the trip to Ireland that she and her mother planned years ago.

Missing a bus, she catc...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 22:48:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 22:48:40 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 1 true false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 06:19:57 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 17:30:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 16:35:50 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 23:35:26 -0700 2009 Chocolat and The Girl with No Shadow

Strictly for my personal tastes, this book was at times maybe too delicate, but definitely moving.

Some sentences were lo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:54:27 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:59:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:13:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 12:57:33 -0700 2009 The story starts with Kate, a woman devastated by three tragedies in her life; the loss of her mother, her disappointing fashion line debut and then the loss of her longtime bofriend. Kate decide...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:55:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:56:04 -0700 2009 ----------------------------
Have you ever felt like escaping from your life for awhile? Jumping in a car, and just driving somewhere far away? Away from problems or the negative things that weigh you down?

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I had a lot of trouble actually getting through this book. While there are some good ideas here, the writing just didn't do it for me. I didn't feel very in touch with the characters; they seemed rather flat to me and prone to strange e...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:29:50 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:33:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:54:32 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 08:58:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 06 13:48:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:24:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 15:28:11 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 06:16:26 -0700 2009
Reading this one moving line on the book jacket drew me to fly thru the pages. I could not put down this warm story of a young girls need to reinvent herself after de...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 20:09:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 10:25:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 03:21:26 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 04:12:03 -0700 2009
Initially, I doubted this book. The premise seemed a bit formulaic: the outsider (Kate) in a small close-knit town half a world away from Kate's troubles.

But soon the author's beautiful descriptions of the Irish landscape and the colorful char...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 12:44:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:44:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 05:44:20 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:09:06 -0700 2009 1 The Lace Makers of Glenmara follows a heartbroken 26 year old woman as she tries to escape through traveling in Ireland. She ends up in the small village of Glenmara where a local group of lace makers help her heal. Overall, I liked this book. The characters and the setting were charming, however,...more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:06:26 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:39:05 -0700 2009 more...]]>