Helpful Score: 6
I love Debbie Macomber, she makes her charcters real, I know people like this and see myself in many of them. This knitting club is a pleasure. She proves to us that people do not have to be alike to appreciate each other.
Helpful Score: 4
Great story of ones commitment to your own goals, being able to stand up even when those closest to you arent very supportive, fun story!
Helpful Score: 4
I enjoyd this book. Made for a nice warm read. Kind of book where you make your cup of tea or coffee, snuggle in the bed or couch with a blanket, and just ENJOY and relax.
Helpful Score: 4
OK, everybody who loves Debbie Macomber wave your hands------STOP! The wind is blowing the rest of the world away! This is a fitting follow up to The Shop on Blossom Street. Debbie writes characters you can get to know and wrap your brain around. What's next for Lydia and Brad - can't wait to find out! And who does the illustrations for her book covers? I want to live there!
It was fun catching up with Lydia and meeting her new friends. But, having read The Shop on Blossom St only a couple weeks ago I found A Good Yarn too repetative i.e. recapping what happened in the first book and not enough new stuff in the second. I suppose if I'd read them when they first came out, having to wait a whole year between reads, that might be different.
Helpful Score: 3
Great book, great series. Makes me all warm and fuzzy feeling.
Helpful Score: 2
it great book it so interesting.
Helpful Score: 2
I like the knitting pattern's at the front of the book. although I just finished a pair of socks before I read this book.
It's interesting to see how each character is developed and become friends. Although I liked the characters in book one (The Shop on Blossom Street) better. And I am looking forward to reading Back on Blossom Street next. However, I am going to put some time between A Good Yarn and Back on Blossom Street. I think it might make the characters more interesting.
It's interesting to see how each character is developed and become friends. Although I liked the characters in book one (The Shop on Blossom Street) better. And I am looking forward to reading Back on Blossom Street next. However, I am going to put some time between A Good Yarn and Back on Blossom Street. I think it might make the characters more interesting.
Debbie Macomber at her best. I thoroughly enjoyed book 2 of this new series. I think it is one of her very best. The characters draw you in to the story....you feel like you are sitting right in the Yarn Shop with them...and you care about the characters. I was not a romance fan...this was a recommendation from a friend and I am so glad...thoroughly enjoyed this book and the the 3rd is even better.
Helpful Score: 2
The second in the series and we learn more about what is going on with the people in the first book and meet a new group of knitters who seemingly have nothing at all in common. Of course they become good friends and change each others lives for the better.
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book! I'm not usually into crafter's cozies, but this was really well written with well developed characters. It also included a nice knitted baby blanket pattern.
Helpful Score: 1
If you are a knitter, you will love this sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street. And if you're not, you just may be inspired to pick up knitting needles and yarn, and go to it!
Helpful Score: 1
2nd in a series. Nice story about women who become friends through their knitting circle.
Helpful Score: 1
Oh how I wish there was a yarn shop like this near me!
Helpful Score: 1
great little novel of friendship.
Helpful Score: 1
I love this series of books. Debbie Macomber is awesome.
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book and the whole series. If you are crafty and like to be with other creative people, just read this book. It makes you feel like you are there with them. When women get together and share feelings and tell what happens in there lives, who needs therapists! This reminds me of my friends when we get together to quilt.
Helpful Score: 1
Book 2 in a series. Easy read. Enjoyable story. Believable characters.
Helpful Score: 1
Debbie Macomber's sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street" is just as enjoyable as the first. Here Lydia has a new class (socks) and 3 interesting new multi-generational students. As before the book move thru each chapter focused on a different person, but they all combine to a very heartwarming finish of love and long lasting freindships.
Debbie's books are always a great read and hard to put down.
Debbie's books are always a great read and hard to put down.
Helpful Score: 1
Lydia is back again and teaching a sock knitting class. She has 3 new students just as different as her first class. Courtney is a teen who just moved to Seattle to live with her grandma, Bethanne recently learned her husband has been having an affair and is getting a divorce, and Elise is a grandmother who recently moved in with her daughter after a bad financial decision. Together they find they have more in common than they thought and forge a strong bond while knitting. A great follow up to the Shop on Blossom Street.
Helpful Score: 1
A sequal to "A Shop on Blossom Street." Meet three new women who join knitting classes. Again, they are as different as night and day but they form solid friendships. Like the first book, I was left with a warm fuzzy feeling and excited by the characters.
Helpful Score: 1
I wish PBS had a feature that would reach out and slap me if I ever request another Macomber book. I know good and well that I read a good one of hers one time, but that must have been a fluke. Or someone else wrote it for her...
Helpful Score: 1
And the enjoyment continues in the lovely little shop on Blossom St.
Helpful Score: 1
I liked this one even better than The Shop on Blossom Street. You really feel like you "know" the characters by the end of the book. I hope the author continues with more stories from the shop.
an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems becoming friends
A good story intertwining the lives of four very different women.
One of my all-time favorite books. Debbie Macomber creates such wonderful characters and intertwines their lives beautifully.
An enjoyable sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street.
No matter if you knit or not, this book will capture you and endear its characters to your heart!!!
Book two (book 1 is The shop on Blossom Street) Great book, touching, Don't laugh I learned to knit after this book and have knitted for a few years now.
Second in this series. Can be read alone. Quick
Debbie Macomber is a delightful writer and this book and its predecessor, The Shop on Blossom Street, are a pleasure to read.
very good reading.
A great follow-up book to The Shop on Blossom Street. Very injoyable characters
Please join me at A Good Yarn! It's a wonderfull little knitting shop in downtown Seattle-a place of welcome and warmth, or friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life...Meet four women who find the strength to change their lifes while learning to knit socks..
life stories centered about members of a knitting class. A good D. mccomber book.
A great book. It made me want to learn to knit.
In the year since the shop on Blossom Street opened, A GOod Yarn has thrived, and so has Lydia Hoffman. A lot of that due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join Lydia's newest class of knitting.............
Three women join Lydia's newest class of knitting.............
Very enjoyable!!! It was fun to visit Blossom Street again!
this book is one of the best books i have read the story of these ladies was just great i never wanted to put the book down...
Sequel to the shop on Blossom street. Sweet, thoughtful, mild mystery, of interest to knitters.
If you read the others, you'll want to continue on with this one.
This is a very good book. It is the second in a series about a shop on Blossom Street.
A quick and easy read, not as good as The shop on Blossom Street but still fun.
A sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street", owner Lydia Hoffman starts a new group for people interested in learning to knit socks. Elise Beaumont, retired and divorced, lives with her daughter and learns her ex-husband is coming for a visit. Bethanne Hamlin's husband walks out on her and their 2 teenaged children. Courtney Pulanski is living with her grandmother during her senior year in high school following her father's job transfer to South America. All three are in the class under duress but come to love and support each other in their difficulties.
I love how Macomber weaves the stories together, making everything fall into place. She makes me want to take up knitting!
I love how Macomber weaves the stories together, making everything fall into place. She makes me want to take up knitting!
the sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street. A heart warmer.
A very good year!
Sequel to The Shop of Blossom Street. A good read and includes the knitting instructions for a pair of socks.
A great follow-up book to The Shop on Blossom Street.
I always enjoy reading Macomber
Good story. I liked the connection to knitting, since I'm knitting all the time! The Sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street".
could not put it down.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrieved - 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.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise 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.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise 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.
All I can say is WOW!!! Debbie McComber comes through again!
I really enjoy this series of books. Ilove to read about the different projects. Lovely feel good books.
real women with real problems becoming fast friens
This is a great story - very heart touching, lots of warm fuzzy moments. The characters were very real and I enjoyed reading this. I was sorry when it came to an end!
A good sequel to A Shop on Blossom Street!!
Return to the Shop on Blossom Street for another wonderful story.
A wonderful sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street. I loved this one too.
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.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise 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 senior's swim sessions-and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
And soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems becoming real friends. I loved it.
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.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise 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 senior's swim sessions-and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
And soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems becoming real friends. I loved it.
A great sequal to Shop on Blossom St.
Loved, loved, loved this book. Women you can relate to, friendships that are real, problems that are true to life. A Good Yarn is a good yarn...didn't want it to end.
Loved it just as much as the first, Shop on Blossom Street. Macomber is awesome
Sweet story!
Another Macomber novel of women overcoming.
A return to the shop on Blossom Street.
Loved this book. After reading the first I needed to read this one. Not much sex, but It gave a great insightinto The womens personal lives with theior trials and tribulations.
Return to the shop on blossom street, where 3 women join the latest knitting class making socks. A story about real women with real problems, becoming real friends.
This is the second book in a series, and I just love them !! And all of Debbie's books for that matter ! I have been knitting and crocheting for 50 years ( having learned from my grandmother at a yound age !! ) and find it such a joy !! I relate to so much in her books and love the people she has in them !! I am also teaching my two granddaughter ( ages 10 and 8 to knit !! )
I loved this book, but then all the books in this series are great.
Another quick and warming read from Debbie. I was delighted by the mention of yet another knitting charity.
This truly is a good yarn. A nice comfortable read.
Debbie Macomber is at it again!!! I think this is the next 'Cedar Cove' series!!! There are sooo many stories to tell...and she does it so very well!!!
Elise, Bethanne, & Courtney will draw you in to their lives from page 1... I Loved it!!! (Can you tell?) :)
Elise, Bethanne, & Courtney will draw you in to their lives from page 1... I Loved it!!! (Can you tell?) :)
LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street books always leave you wanting more.... thoroughly enjoyed this!!!!
This is a book that is well worth the read. Once I got started reading it, I couldn't put it down.
Another great Debbie Macomber book. She updates on the 'original' characters and introduces more. I had a hard time putting this down. I am not a knitter and I enjoyed it a lot. If you are a knitter, just a bonus - you get a pattern. =)
Very good read. Enjoyed.
great series
Debbie Macomber has a wonderful, easy style of writing. Her stories seem like real life in written form. This book is an excellent sequel to the first Blossom Street story.
If you need to feel good;read this book. It left me feeling warm and wanting to make friends with people who I would not immediatly think I could be friends with. After all is said and done we are more alike than different.
I Love Macomber's books and this is one of my faves!
Wonderful sequel that intertwines the original characters of her first "Blossom Street" Series book in with a few new characters. What's nice is, if you didn't get the chance to read book 1 in the series you won't be lost with book 2. I find this a plus when reading a "series" books, just in case you can't find book 1 quick enough or whatever.
Great chick lit! Debbie Macomber is categorized as a "romance" writer but the Blossom Street series is really not what I would categorize as "romance" itself. It's more chick lit, featuring friendships and turmoils, loves & tragedies of a group of friends who happen to unite under the roof of a yarn shop.
Excellent book!
Great chick lit! Debbie Macomber is categorized as a "romance" writer but the Blossom Street series is really not what I would categorize as "romance" itself. It's more chick lit, featuring friendships and turmoils, loves & tragedies of a group of friends who happen to unite under the roof of a yarn shop.
Excellent book!
Very fun and well written book. Each chapter involves an individual character's "happenings". Very nicely woven and done. I've read the first 3, looking forward to the next ones.
Once again Debbie Macomber wove the stories of the three ladies in her knitting class and herself together into a good story. I like the way she gets the reader involved with the lives of her characters and makes them each so likable. It makes you want to take knitting classes. I also like the way she ties up all the loose ends of each of their stories at the end of the book. It allows the reader to feel good and not worry about what happened to your newly acquired friends.
I love all of Debbie's books, can't get enough of it. She is a VERY good writer and all that read her books are very satisfied with her writeings and sharing. I would recommend it to any one.
I enjoyed this book. It was a light, easy read. The characters are easy to know and you find yourself rooting for them as they struggle through their trials and you find yourself celebrating their successes!!
I had a hard time getting into this book, I think mainly b/c it's so similar to the first book. but it was a cute read.
I found the characters to be quite interesting and real. The way she had the chapters change to the telling of one of the four main characters went quite smoothly. What made it interesting in this style is that though the chapters might be dedicated to a particular character, it was the same story just in parallel of what the other characters are doing at the time
Enjoyed the book but it is a bit predictable.
Kind of slow building; but does draw you into characters lives. Good read
good book , Always liked the author
Very good read
Must read, sweet story. I love all of Debbie Macomber's books!
Great sequel to a great first book. Highly recommneded. The characters are very real and you instantly want to know more about them and care what happens to them. A great cozy, quick read.
2nd book to the Shop on Blosom Street wonderful story and typical Debbie Macomber
This is the sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street." Another great Macomber story. Great reading.
It was an okay book. I thought it would be more about knitting though.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop of Blossom st. In the year since it opened, A good Yarn has thrived and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness...
Loved the story. Second in the series
Following on the success of The Shop on Blossom Street (2005), Macomber offers another tale of women meeting and becoming good friends in a knitting class. When Lydia Hoffman, owner of A Good Yarn, offers a class in knitting socks, Elise Beaumont, a self--contained and efficient divorced woman in her sixties, appears. Embroiled in a lawsuit, she has little patience with the foibles of others. Meanwhile, Bethanne Hamlin's husband left her for another woman on Valentine's Day. Bethanne's spent her life making a good home for her family, and now, bereft of self-esteem and support, she has to find a job. And, finally, there's Courtney Pulanski, who's come to live with her grandmother for her senior year of high school. After her mother's death four years ago, Courtney went a little wild and stuffed all her emotions down with food; now she's alone, overweight, and unhappy. But soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this sweet and poignant story of real women with real problems becoming real friends.
This was about a group of women that find support in a knitting class.
Sweet book about a group of people sharing their burdens and gaining comfort from the support of others and the bond formed among very unlikely friends
The sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street", all the characters are great and the story moves at a nice pace. I don't even knit and I liked it a lot!
good reading, enjoyed
Book 2: A GOOD YARN Series
Great book good story.
With a sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street" Debbie Macomber continues to weave together the lives of women from every walk of life who become part of the fabric of each other's lives. With characters who are real, situations that are familiar, she continues to let us glimpse the possibilities of friendship and mutual support. We are all connected, we all affect one another. I see it now more clearly in my own life. And maybe I'll take up knitting again.......
Great book with a good story and also which made me want to grab some needles and get a lesson in knitting!!
Knitting shop in downtown Seattle,place of welcome and warmth,friends old and new and how a pair of socks can change your life.
Great book, and a quick read. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Great book. Debbie Maccomber is excellent
Fantastic book! I got so into the characters that I had a very difficult time putting it down. It is a well written story with people that you learn to love.
A great addition to the 'family' of knitters on Blossom Street. How does she do it? Time and again putting women of all different ages and backgrounds together in one book. There are directions in this book for knitting socks and many web addresses for knitting enthusiasts. I loved it!
An easy, relaxing, fun read!
This book was OK. I didn't like it as well as the first one, "The Shop On Blossom Street". This one seemed to be a little simplistic. Lydia Hoffman owns a 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 suddenly is afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
A very entertaining well-paced story about four woman finding happiness and fulfillment through their growing friendship.
Second book in the series of Blossom Street.
Three women join a sock knitting class and become friends. I had a hard time getting into this book but once I did, it was really good.
Three women join a sock knitting class and become friends. I had a hard time getting into this book but once I did, it was really good.
Another feel good book by Debbie Macomber.
I thought it would be hard for the author to come even close to the first book in the series, Shop on Blossom Street. Although the first chapter was a small review of Shop on Blossom street, many of the characters are new in this book. I found it just as good as Shop on Blossom Street! After the first couple of chapters, the author grabs your attention and holds it til the end. A Good Yarn is full of surprises and emotion that many can relate too. I highly recommend this book and can't wait to read the next book in the series.
Very good book.
Great book,I love continuations of characters and story. And I love knitting!
Wonderful story and you feel you know the characters. Good reading for all ages.
I can't believe what is happening to our beloved Lyndia...
Hasn't she gone thru so much and now a broken heart
Hasn't she gone thru so much and now a broken heart
Great follow up to The Shop On Blossom Street. Fun read. Especially for a knitter. There's enough back information that if you have read The Shop On Blossom Street, you won't be lost.
not as good as the first, but still very good.
A very enjoyable read, a page turner in the sense that I really wanted to know how things would turn out for each of the main characters. I'm a knitter, and I also enjoyed the knitting speak/insider information shared as part of this book. Highly recommended.
Another fantastic book. It is the second in a series, but the story could stand alone.
sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street.Same characters with a few new ones to spice it up!Lovew the stories and NW settings. This one is missing dust cover.
This book had me wanting more more more! I read the first one and no sooner had I closed the cover did this one appear at my door from the mailman. I read this one even more quickly than I read the first. It was a lovely read and, like the first, includes a knitting pattern. This one for socks. I highly recommend this book to anyone, not just knitters. It touches the soul and makes you feel incredibly lucky because you're life doesn't have nearly as much drama and heartache as the women in this book sometimes feel.
What a wonderful story Debbie Macomber never disappoints in giving real life to her characters. It's a real feel good book. I really enjoyed it!
A Good Yarn is the second in this series by Debbie Macomber. This series is told from different women's points of view. Lydia is always in the books because she is the shop owner. I know nothing about knitting and was concerned about reading a book about a yarn shop. It brings the story to life without confusing you with a lot of knitting. It is a good read and brings old friends back from The Shop on Blossom Street (book 1).
2nd in the Blossom Street Series. All three books are fantastic.
Never a disappointment when I read Debbie Macomber's books. I love them from beginning to end.
Like all her books, Debbie writes about real peoples lives. We love her characters. I feel I know these people, especially those in her series. Christine Flynn
The story of Lydia Hoffman and her yarn shop. It was not JUST a yarn shop, however, but a means of companionship and comfort for several women, all from different circumstances, but all needing the strength of the others. Good book!
This book is one of a series about a group of persons connected through this yarn shop..it's 'cute.'..like many of Debbie Macomber's
Enjoyed!!
Another can't put down
Great book. This new series is so interesting and an easy read. I can't put them down until I've read the whole book.
2 thumbs up
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. Since it has 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.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont retired and bitterly divorced, learns learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. Courtney Pulanskiis a depressed and overwieght teenager whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
If you read The Shop on Blossom Street, you'll enjoy this sequel.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont retired and bitterly divorced, learns learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. Courtney Pulanskiis a depressed and overwieght teenager whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
If you read The Shop on Blossom Street, you'll enjoy this sequel.
I have just finished this book which is the second in a series. It is from a heartfelt perspective and tells the story of realities of life for women who find community, as well as healing,in a knitting class. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series and hope that you might start on that journey as well. Happy Reading!!!
When we last left Lydia Hoffman, she had just opened her knitting shop - A Good Yarn - on Blossom Street in downtown Seattle. This was her way of celebrating her cancer remission and she offered various knitting classes to those who wanted to learn such a skill. Well, in the year since A Good Yarn first opened, the little shop has thrived - and so has Lydia. This is due in no small part to Lydia's deep friendships with her first three students - Jacqueline Donovan, Carol Girard and Alix Townsend - and her close relationship with Brad Goetz.
But when Brad's ex-wife suddenly reappears in his life, Lydia is not really sure what to do. She only knows that she loves Brad's son, Cody, very much and that she's beginning to fall in love with his father as well. Lydia is suddenly terribly afraid and unable to fully trust her new found happiness.
Elise Beaumont, a retired librarian, joins one of Lydia's popular knitting classes. Since losing her life savings, Elise has been living with her daughter, Aurora - the only positive legacy from her brief but tumultuous marriage to professional gambler, Marvin 'Maverick' Beaumont. Now she learns that her onetime husband plans to visit, and that Aurora wants a relationship with her father, regardless of Elise's feelings about him or the present situation.
Bethanne Hamlin, like Elise, is facing the fallout from a divorce. However her husband, Grant, left her for another woman - not a deck of cards - and she's still struggling to rebuild and completely reshape her life. She joins the knitting class at her children's urging; determined that this will be her first step in her effort to recover a sense of dignity and hope. Then Bethanne starts her own small business and also meets a man with whom she has something remarkably surprising in common!
Courtney Pulanski is a seriously depressed and overweight teenager. Since her mother's death, she has been staying with her grandmother Vera. Vera is doing her best, trying to help Courtney...help that takes the form of dragging her reluctant granddaughter around to swimming sessions at the local Seniors' Center - and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn. Like so many women, these four find companionship and comfort with each other and in the age-old craft of knitting. Who knew that knitting socks could completely change someone's life?
I must say that I certainly enjoyed reading this book; the story was well-written and very poignant and sentimental. However, while the story was very good, and I'm glad to have read it; I will say that it was just the slightest bit too sugary sweet for my taste. I give A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber an A! I will definitely read more books in the Blossom Street Series - or perhaps another book by Debbie Macomber - at some point in the future, but I think that I will wait for a while.
But when Brad's ex-wife suddenly reappears in his life, Lydia is not really sure what to do. She only knows that she loves Brad's son, Cody, very much and that she's beginning to fall in love with his father as well. Lydia is suddenly terribly afraid and unable to fully trust her new found happiness.
Elise Beaumont, a retired librarian, joins one of Lydia's popular knitting classes. Since losing her life savings, Elise has been living with her daughter, Aurora - the only positive legacy from her brief but tumultuous marriage to professional gambler, Marvin 'Maverick' Beaumont. Now she learns that her onetime husband plans to visit, and that Aurora wants a relationship with her father, regardless of Elise's feelings about him or the present situation.
Bethanne Hamlin, like Elise, is facing the fallout from a divorce. However her husband, Grant, left her for another woman - not a deck of cards - and she's still struggling to rebuild and completely reshape her life. She joins the knitting class at her children's urging; determined that this will be her first step in her effort to recover a sense of dignity and hope. Then Bethanne starts her own small business and also meets a man with whom she has something remarkably surprising in common!
Courtney Pulanski is a seriously depressed and overweight teenager. Since her mother's death, she has been staying with her grandmother Vera. Vera is doing her best, trying to help Courtney...help that takes the form of dragging her reluctant granddaughter around to swimming sessions at the local Seniors' Center - and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn. Like so many women, these four find companionship and comfort with each other and in the age-old craft of knitting. Who knew that knitting socks could completely change someone's life?
I must say that I certainly enjoyed reading this book; the story was well-written and very poignant and sentimental. However, while the story was very good, and I'm glad to have read it; I will say that it was just the slightest bit too sugary sweet for my taste. I give A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber an A! I will definitely read more books in the Blossom Street Series - or perhaps another book by Debbie Macomber - at some point in the future, but I think that I will wait for a while.
To me, Debbie Macomber's books are hit and miss whether I like them or not. Some are just too sugary sweet for my taste, but this one was a pretty good read and especially b/c it continues a story I already know. This is the sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street (which was also an excellent book!).
From the back of the book: Lydia 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. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness. Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne is facing the fallout from a more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions-and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
From the back of the book: Lydia 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. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness. Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne is facing the fallout from a more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions-and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
I always enjoy Macomber and I love knitting, so this was a fun read!
Great book. Great characters and story line.
Characters I cared about, a story that kept me interested. Predictable in the way these books tend to be, but I still wanted to finish it to see exactly how Macomber worked out all the details. An enjoyable and quick read.
This was a great light read. Enough to hold my attention yet not too intense.
another great one by a great author....i enjoyed it....
Absolutely wonderful!
Another Debbie Macomber great read.
Sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street, but stands alone quite well also so reading the first book is not a must by any means!
Another Debbie Macomber great read.
Sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street, but stands alone quite well also so reading the first book is not a must by any means!
If you liked The Shop on Blossom Street, you won't want to miss this one!
Excellent book and a great read.
Another good book by Debbie Macomber! It was hard to put down, but I thought her first book was alot better.
Fun to read!
Great book. Typical Macomber!
I loved this book, could not put it down and when I had to I couldn't wait to get right back to it.
Enjoyable Macomber tale about four women in a knitting group. This is the sequel to "Shoppe on Blossom Street".
This is the 2nd book in a series. Excellent book, could not put it down.
I LOVED this book! I love to knit and could just see myself sitting amoungst these women and joining in to their lives. It's the first book I've read by Macomber and I am sure I will be looking for more!
Unsual story--a yarn shop and four women who attend class there.
This book is a Great Read. Debbie does her magic again. It is a womens story in many ways. You'll find it hard to put down...
Sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street, which I liked better. This is still a very good book.
Great Book!!!!
One of the best books I've read in long, long time.
An awesome continuation of the characters and new ones from The Shop on Blossom Street.
Enjoyed this book about Lydia Hoffman and her yarn shop,A Good Yarn.
Continuation of the story The Shop on Blossom Street.Four women find companionship and comfort in each other and in this age-old craft. Who would have thought that knitting socks could change your life?
Sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street and just as good.
Another good Macomber book.
This is the sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street. I thoroughly enjoyed them both. I love the way Macomber gives her characters such life!
A return to the shop on Blossom Street.
Sequel to "A Shop On Blossom Street".
An excellent book; great characters and story line. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Not as good as "A Shop on Blossom Street", but still a good read.
Loved this book! It's a sequel to The Shop On Blossom Street.
A satisfying read
Good read. Runoff of 1st book about friendships acquired thru knitting. This book was just as good as the 1st!!
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Sreet. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived--amd so has Lydia . Three women join Lydia's newest class and soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems.
This was a nice follow up to The Shop on Blossom Street.
Really enjoyed this book. It picks up where "Blossom Street" ends.
A continuation of the storyline from " The Shop on Blossom Street". Lydia starts another class, this time they are knitting socks. Three very different women, from varying backgrounds and situations, become friends. They help each other through difficult times.
Sequal to "The Shop on Blossom Street" Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year sine it has 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 new found happiness.
This was a very good book. I enjoyed it very much.
Wonderful, heartwarming story of four womens friendships developed in a knitting class located in a quaint shop called "A Good Yarn."
very good read....enjoyed it!!
Takes place in a knitting shop in downtown Seattle.Aplace of warmth, of friends old and new.
Another lovely tale from Lydia's knitting shop, A Good Yarn. This book centers around a sock class offered by Lydia, and the lives of the three class members, Lydia, and her sister Margaret. Macomber's books make me want to take up knitting in my (non-existant) spare time!
Good story and interesting knitting facts
A great "chick" book. Four women who meet in a knitting class become friends are share their lives with each other. Each woman is at a different stage of life, so it should appeal to women of any age.
Good story
An easy read. Macomber continues to build her characters. Makes you want to learn how to knit!
This is the second book in the Series. Although, it is not necessary to read Blossom Shop first. I do have it on my list of books. Debbie Macomber weaves such wonderful tales, and I know you will enjoy.
Another good story by Debbie Macomber
A great sequel to the first book of this series.
Great book and sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street".
I enjoyed this book tremendously. A great sequel to the Shop On Blossom Street.
Like Shop on Blossom Street by same author? Then you'll love this one . . .
I enjoyed The Shop on Blossom Street more. This seemed a bit predictable.
This is the sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street", and carries on with some of the old characters, plus it introduces several new characters who become friends and form an unbreakable bond. It's a good read.
Wonderful book of friendship, faith, and love!
A wonderful read! Just like the first one! Highly recommend this one!
Sequel to Blossom St.
Awesome reading. Debbie Macomber is great.
Awesome reading. Debbie Macomber is great.
A good book. I read it over the weekend. This is a sequal to The Shop on Blossom Street.
A sequel to Debbie Macomber's "The Shop on Blossom Street", it has all the ingredients it needs to make a good read. Romance, renewed love, faith, and a lot of help from the lady's in the knitting class.
This is the second book of two, the first one was A Shop On Blossom Street. I enjoyed reading it so much I am hoping there will be a third. It is about a group of women who meet in a knitting club, this book covers four women and the various things going on in their lives.
A Good Yarn is a wonderful little knitting shop in down town Seattle-a place of welcome and warmth of frineds old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of sox can change you life. Romantic noval
Excellent book - one of her best!! Real women, real problems, real solutions. Loved it!
A cozy book, further adventures of the shop on Blossom Street. Includes a pattern for knitting socks.
Not quite as good to me as The Shop on Blossom Street, but great nonetheless. Lydia once again makes new friends through her knitting class, friends with various personal troubles and life changes. This book is set up so that even if you've never read the first one, you can easily read this one and not skip a beat. Perfect for women's fiction and light romance fans.
This story is so wonderfully written and really is a great summer read!
If I could give this book a higher rating I would. This is a continuation of The shop on Blossom street...
ON THE BACK: Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the years since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brads ex wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join her newest class. Elise is retired and bitterly divorced learns that her one time husband will be reentering her life. Bethanne is facing the fallout from a more recent divorce.And Courtney is a depressed and overweight teenager whose grandmother idea of helping her is to have her swim with her senior citizen friends and to join the knitting class at a Good Yarn....
MUST READ!!!
ON THE BACK: Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the years since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brads ex wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join her newest class. Elise is retired and bitterly divorced learns that her one time husband will be reentering her life. Bethanne is facing the fallout from a more recent divorce.And Courtney is a depressed and overweight teenager whose grandmother idea of helping her is to have her swim with her senior citizen friends and to join the knitting class at a Good Yarn....
MUST READ!!!
I really liked the story and the continuation of characters from Debbie Macomber's earlier book. It makes me want to learn to knit!
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Good book, fast read!
Debbie Macomber tells a story like no other weaving all these women's lives together into one story.
Very Enjoyable!!
Vry good book in this series
EXCELLENT, read the Shop on Blossom Street.
One of the best books I've ever read.
A very good sequel to the Shop on Blossom Street.
A great sequel to A shop opn Blossom street. I couldn't put it down. I hope she writes more of these series.In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. Acloud i
A delightful sequel any knitter/crocheter is sure to enjoy.
A very good story.
good story .. nice pattern
Can tell this is going to be an awesome series! Love Debbie's books! have enjoyed every one of her books! Have plenty more to read! Keep'em coming Debbie!
Great book
After reading the first two Blossom Street books, I am hooked! I'm glad to know there 8+ more just waiting for me to collect & read them.
Spoilers included:
I just finished "The Shop on Blossom Street" and I found this book too much alike. It was almost the same ladies just with slightly different names. She also reuses some of the names I think so if it has been a while since you have read the first book, keep in mind that she is not talking about the same people in some instances.
I was also disappointed with some of the endings. Lydia and Brad seemed to reconciled a little too easily for my taste. For somebody with issues of being left behind by her lovers, Lydia sure was understanding towards Brad's decisions. And Brad was really kind of a jerk about the whole thing. He didn't really deserve Lydia in my book. He definitely needed to do some grovelling because despite his good intention toward his son, he did Lydia wrong.
I enjoyed Elise's story in the beginning but I found the end really distasteful. So since her ex is dying and is rich, now she can really accept him for who he is?
Out of all the stories I think I liked Bethanne the most because like it said in the end, she completely reinvented herself. This character was most realistic and different from the characters in the first book. I also love how her relationship with Paul turned out. I think out of the four women, she became the strongest character.
Courtney's story was sweet but a little too much like "Grease" for my taste. I liked the relationship she develops with Annie more than anything. The ending to her story was pretty good, more realistic than romantic. I am curious to know if these three will show up in future books. I wonder why Macomber developed her story with Andrew so slowly. It seemed like there were some good material and drama that could have come out of her relationship with Andrew if it happened earlier.
Overall, it was a fast read but just okay. I think the stories were a little too forced, like Macomber felt like she needed to do a sequel but lacked ideas. I will continue to read the series for now and see if it gets better.
I just finished "The Shop on Blossom Street" and I found this book too much alike. It was almost the same ladies just with slightly different names. She also reuses some of the names I think so if it has been a while since you have read the first book, keep in mind that she is not talking about the same people in some instances.
I was also disappointed with some of the endings. Lydia and Brad seemed to reconciled a little too easily for my taste. For somebody with issues of being left behind by her lovers, Lydia sure was understanding towards Brad's decisions. And Brad was really kind of a jerk about the whole thing. He didn't really deserve Lydia in my book. He definitely needed to do some grovelling because despite his good intention toward his son, he did Lydia wrong.
I enjoyed Elise's story in the beginning but I found the end really distasteful. So since her ex is dying and is rich, now she can really accept him for who he is?
Out of all the stories I think I liked Bethanne the most because like it said in the end, she completely reinvented herself. This character was most realistic and different from the characters in the first book. I also love how her relationship with Paul turned out. I think out of the four women, she became the strongest character.
Courtney's story was sweet but a little too much like "Grease" for my taste. I liked the relationship she develops with Annie more than anything. The ending to her story was pretty good, more realistic than romantic. I am curious to know if these three will show up in future books. I wonder why Macomber developed her story with Andrew so slowly. It seemed like there were some good material and drama that could have come out of her relationship with Andrew if it happened earlier.
Overall, it was a fast read but just okay. I think the stories were a little too forced, like Macomber felt like she needed to do a sequel but lacked ideas. I will continue to read the series for now and see if it gets better.
Hey, this one is fun! Now I need to go find #1, since this is #2, but it can certainly be read alone. Eminently readable, and you really fall in love with the characters.
From back cover: Please 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! Debbie Macomber 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. 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.
From back cover: Please 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! Debbie Macomber 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. 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.
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This was a great read. I loved every word! Debbie is wonderful at creating characters and breathing life into them. When you are done with one of her books you can't wait to get the next to see what happens next to these people.
Love this series!
THESE ARE A MUST READ! ALL BLOSSOM STREET BOOKS....
As always, Macomber delivers good stories and I highly recommend this one!!
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived and of 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 new found happiness.
These women join Lydia's newest class. Eloise Beaumont, retired an bitterly divorced,learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Haimlin is facing the fallout from a mucn more recent divorce. And courtney Pulanski is a depressed and ocverweight teenager, whose grandmothere's idea of helping her to drag her to seniors' swim sessions-- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
These women join Lydia's newest class. Eloise Beaumont, retired an bitterly divorced,learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Haimlin is facing the fallout from a mucn more recent divorce. And courtney Pulanski is a depressed and ocverweight teenager, whose grandmothere's idea of helping her to drag her to seniors' swim sessions-- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
This was an excellant read just as all of her other books.
Please 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!
very good, love all Macomber books
The sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street," continues the story of the main characters and add new members to the group.
Excellent sequel to "Shop On Blossom Street". As with that book, you can really get into all of the characters.
Never met a Macomber I didn't love!
A Wonderful Story
Please 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!
Debbie Macomber
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.
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.
Debbie Macomber
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.
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.
Good friends are beat.
Great story. I loved the first book on these characters and this one added new people with great stories combined with the first characters.
The second of Debbie Macomber's popular stories about a charming, friendly knitting shop. If you like romance and knitting, you'll love these books!
I really liked this book. It's a nice story and so good that I couldn't put it down. Now I want to read the rest of the books in this series.
autographed by author
Loved it! Just as good as the first one, The Shop on Blossom Street!
Haven't read it - picked it up because I was pretty sure it was on somebody's wish list.
