Needles and Pearls: A Novel - Softcover

McNeil, Gil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401341292 ISBN 13: 9781401341299

Publisher: Hachette Books, 2010

Synopsis

The warm and witty sequel to The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club

Slip one . . .
Two weddings and a year after her husband's funeral, Jo Mackenzie is finally starting to get the hang of being a single parent. The boys are thriving, the yarn shop is doing well--thanks to Jo's improvements--and she's just about keeping her head above water.

Knit two together . . .
But a man from Jo's past and a new romance with the hunky local carpenter come along and make life a whole lot more interesting.

Cast off . . .
Can Jo cope when things get really complicated? Because if knitting really does keep you sane when life starts to unravel, Jo's 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.")

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: Hachette Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1401341292
• ISBN 13: 9781401341299
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432