Carrie R. reviewed on 8/4/2008 + 37 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

"The Friday Night Knitting Club" is the story of Georgia Walker. Georgia owns a knitting shop in Manhattan. Between running her Manhattan yarn shop, Walker & Daughter, and raising her 12-year-old biracial daughter, Dakota, Georgia Walker has plenty on her plate in Jacobs's debut novel. But when Dakota's father reappears and a former friend contacts Georgia, Georgia's orderly existence begins to unravel. Her support system is her staff and the knitting club that meets at her store every Friday night, though each person has dramas of her own brewing.

I first heard about "The Friday Night Knitting Club" through Paperback Swap (an organization that lets you trade books for free). I saw that it had the highest "wishlist" rating of any other book. I just had to see what all the fuss was about. It turns out, that it was about something good. Something really good.

I really enjoyed reading "The Friday Night Knitting Club". I highly recommend that you do as well. While the story centers on Georgia, there are several other side plots going on at the same time as well. You're sure to get sucked in. The writing style is great, especially for a debut novel, and so are the character portraits of most of the characters.

You're sure to find something you'll like in "The Friday Night Knitting Club". Who knows, maybe you'll even find yourself picking up that pair of knitting needles you haven't touched in years (or rushing out to buy some).

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