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Summary: Full of hope.
Review: Lydia Hoffman wants a fresh start in life, so she opens a knit shop. The shadow of death has loomed over her for too long, even though she is very young. It seems appropriate that the project she advertises as the first for her classes is to knit a baby blanket.Her students are a mixed lot. Jaquie is about to become a reluctant grandmother. Carol desperately hopes for a baby, though the odds are against it. Alix is there to perform community service, knitting for the Linus project. Despite their glaring differences, the four women not only knit blankets but friendships and knit the bridges in their other relationships. *** Debbie Macomber, whether her heroines are spirit beings or ordinary women, always writes about angels, messengers of God. Her stories are full of hope, and though not billed as inspirational, per se, they never fail to inspire. This is a sterling example of that rule. ***
Amanda Killgore
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Summary: Read the book and then get your hands busy with knitting!
Review: Lydia, a survivor of cancer, opens a knitting shop called A Good Yarn located on Blossom Street - a street seeing much change. Her father died recently and this is her way of trying to get on with her life in different ways.
Her first class is scheduled and the project is a simple baby blanket. Three ladies sign up for the class: Jaqueline, Carol and Alix. Each woman learns to knit as well as share their lives with each other.
This is a beautiful story. It is the first book by Debbie Macomber that I've read. The plot centering around a knitting shop sparked my interest because I am a knitter and cross stitcher. This story could easily be in a stitching shop as needlearts bring women together for support of all kinds.
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Summary: Finding new friends and rediscovering love
Review: The Shop on Blossom Street chronicles the lives of four very different women at different stages in their lives. Lydia Hoffman has survived bouts with cancer twice. Her recently deceased father was her inspiration for opening her yarn store in Seattle. Her sister Margaret does not provide much support for her at the beginning but they come to realize how important they are to one another. Lydia nervously discovers again how it feels to be in love for the first time in a long time. Carol and her husband Doug are trying earnestly to have a baby. Carol signs up for Lydia's knitting class where the first project is a baby blanket. Although it happens in an untraditional manner, Carol and Doug do see their dreams come true. Alix Townsend has struggled on her own since she was 16 years old. Alix signs up for the course hoping to work off some community hours from a recent drug arrest. Alix is able to rediscover a love from a long ago, a new friend, and a new career. Jacqueline and Reese Donovan have been married for 33 years. The flicker of romance has long gone out of their lives. Their son Paul married Tammy Lee, a woman that Jacqueline despises. But when they announce she's pregnant, Jacqueline is determined to be the best Grandma and wants to learn to knit a baby blanket. Only with the help of Tammy Lee, do Jacqueline and Reese rekindle the magic in their marriage. Lydia, Carol, Jacqueline, and Alix were four strangers who became friends. The Shop on Blossom Street provides a predictable story of hope and love that we all need.
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Summary: She's done it again!
Review: This is a heartwarming book about four very different women who come together in a knitting class. It is classic Debbie Macomber, a compelling story that gives the reader hope for the future as each woman comes to terms with her lot in life, finds the gumption to succeed -- no matter what her aspirations -- and learns to understand and appreciate the people around her. I'd love to see the story go on to the women in the next class. I loved it!
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Summary: Book only OK, but her book tour is SOMETHING!!
Review: This is the first book by Debbie Macomber I have read. In fact,until a month ago I had never heard of her. Now I find she has a website and seems to be quite involved with her many fans. In fact, for her book tour to promote this book she is doing signings at yarn shops and inviting her fans to knit a square while there to be joined together and assembled into blankets and donated to charities. I was more impressed with THAT than the actual book! Not to say this isn't a decent story. It was a fun, fast read. I have been reading every book of knitting stories I can lay my hands on, and when I came across a novel on the topic, I thought I'd give it a try. Since I live in the Pacific Northwest and am familiar with Seattle, it was easy to visualize a lot of the background presented in the story. However, I thought the writing a little shallow and I kept wishing for a bit more depth of the characters as I read. I wanted more about the knitting and the goings on at the yarn shop than the outside lives of the three women who came to learn to knit. Some threads got dropped like lost stitches off knitting needles! I do see there is room for a sequel to this book, as the yarn shop owner could become involved with a new group of knitting students and that could become an even better read than this one was. Now, having said all that, I still intend to go to the book signing event in mid-May to do my little part in completing a part of one of the blankets. I absolutely LOVE the idea of this type of book tour. I hope it sparks more authors to come up with fresh ideas to not only promote their books, meet their fans, create a little more community, AND do something good for local organizations.
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Summary: A GOOD YARN!!
Review: This is the first book I've ever read by Debbie MacOmber but won't be the last! I first picked it up because I'm a knitter and pretty obsessed right now with the craft. I thought the premise was interesting. The character's are all in need of friendship however, they have little in common other then the desire to knit. Isn't that how some of the best and most varied relationships begin. I loved the growth of characters through the book and the time the author took to honor each of the characters. The women in this book are all daring, brave and in for a lot of personal growth which MacOmber harvest throughout the book. I was sad to see it end! Thanks!
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Summary: THE SHOP ON BLOSSOM STREET
Review: WOW! Another one from Debbie. You can never go wrong in one of her books. When you are reading it, it makes you feel like you are there. Heart warming. Get this book. When you do get two. Share one. I did.
Thanks again Debbie
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