The Friday Night Knitting Club

by Kate Jacobs

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Walker & Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Its Friday night knitting club is improvised by some of Georgia's regulars, who stroll into the shop looking for tips on knitting and end up finding much, much more. So now, once a week, they gather to work on their latest projects and to chat--and occasionally clash--over their stories of love, life, and everything in between. However, unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe. When the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club but a sisterhood.… (more)

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First book by this author. A book of friendship.

bentstoker | Jan 26, 2024 |

I'm not a huge chick-lit fan, and ultimately, that's what this was. The characters were fairly superficial, each an archetype of a female cliche, with a Central Theme and not much further expansion. There were romances and friendships, and, well, exactly what I imagine the generic chick-lit book to be. It wasn't bad in any sense, just, okay.

I read it for the knitting, and the nice thing about it being such a superficial read is that I could knit while reading it, which was nice, because it made me crave knitting. (

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settingshadow | Aug 19, 2023 |

The story as a whole was ok. I just could not get into the writing style. (

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BarbOak | May 1, 2023 |

Chick lit. OK if you're in the mood for family drama, good women friends helping each other. The ending was too predictable for me. (

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cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 |

There are some cuss words in this. Not a ton . . . but it has some PG-13 content. It had kind of a predictable end. I still enjoyed the characters, but it isn't a must read. (

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BeccaGr8t | Jan 6, 2023 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Kate Jacobs	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Batista, Montserrat	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Khayat, Rasha	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
MacDuffie, Carrington	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 A.M -- 8 P.M. No exceptions! The hours of WALKER AND DAUGHTER, KNITTERS were clearly displayed in multicolored letters on a white sandwich board placed just so at the top of the stair landing.

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Walker & Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Its Friday night knitting club is improvised by some of Georgia's regulars, who stroll into the shop looking for tips on knitting and end up finding much, much more. So now, once a week, they gather to work on their latest projects and to chat--and occasionally clash--over their stories of love, life, and everything in between. However, unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe. When the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club but a sisterhood.

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A group of plucky, crafty women in contemporary NYC meet at Manhattan yarn shop every Friday night to share knitting techniques and personal dramas. While the characters are not particularly well developed, the knitting details are interesting. Sadly, this story takes a melodramatic, tragic turn at the end precluding using the novel for a light, fun, "brain candy" recommendation. ljh 11/13/09

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