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Book Review of The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, Bk 1)

The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, Bk 1)
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There is a little yarn shop on Blossom Street in Seattle. It's owned by Lydia Hoffman, and it represents her dream of a new life free from cancer. A life that offers a chance at love...

Lydia teaches knitting to beginners, and the first class is "How To Make a BAby Blanket". Three women join. Jacqueline Donovan wants to knit something for her grandchild as a gesture of reconciliation wit her daughter-in-law. Carol Girard feels that the baby blanket is a message of hope as she makes a final attempt to conceive. And Alix Townsend is knitting her blanket for a court-ordered community service project.

These four very different women, brought together by an age-old craft, make unexpected discoveries-about themselves and each other. Discoveries that lead to friendship and more...