Needles and Pearls - Softcover

McNeil, Gil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747581657 ISBN 13: 9780747581659

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Synopsis

Slip one A year after her husband's death, Jo Mackenzie is finally starting to get the hang of being a single parent. Knit two together The boys are thriving in their new seaside home, the wool shop is starting to do well and despite two weddings, an in-school knitting project and Trevor the Wonder Dog coming to stay, she's just about keeping her head above water. Cast off But boys, babies and best friends certainly make life a lot more interesting. Can Jo cope when things get really complicated? Because if knitting truly does keep you sane when your life starts to unravel then it looks like Jo is going to need much bigger needles.

About this title

About the Author:

Gil McNeil lives in Kent, England, with her son, and comes from a long line of champion knitters. (Author's name is pronounced "Jill.")" "1401312802

From Booklist:

The sequel to The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club (2009) opens on the one-year anniversary of the death of Nick, Jo Mackenzie’s unfaithful husband and the father of her two boys, Jack and Archie. Jo is forced to endure her in-laws for a trip to Nick’s grave, but otherwise things are looking up: both her grandmother and her best friend are newly engaged, and Jo is still happily working in her grandmother’s yarn shop and running the “Stitch and Bitch” club. There’s even a potential love interest in the picture: Martin, the handsome but awkward son of a woman who works at the yarn shop with Jo. But the budding romance—and Jo’s life overall—is turned on its head when Jo finds out she’s pregnant as a result of a one-night stand with a photographer in Venice. Readers looking for a tightly woven story might be frustrated by the many scenes of Jo’s kids acting up, but overall this is a fun follow-up to McNeil’s first entry. --Kristine Huntley

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0747581657
• ISBN 13: 9780747581659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384