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Knitting: A Novel | 
| Author: Anne Bartlett
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 240083
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0618710477
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780618710478
ASIN: 0618710477
Publication Date: August 9, 2006
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Product Description
In Anne Bartlett's engaging novel, a chance meeting sparks a friendship between two very different women who share a fascination with knitting. Sandra, a rigid academic, struggles to navigate the world without her husband, whom she has recently lost to cancer. Martha?a self-taught textile artist with her own secret store of grief?spends her days knitting elaborate projects charged with personal meaning. As the two women collaborate on a new project, surprising events will help heal them both.
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A new question October 1, 2008
I liked this novel, but am I the only one who saw it going in a homoerotic direction the first half or so, only to veer away from it, leaving a sense of bewilderment? I'd be interested to know if other readers saw that too.
 Insightful February 26, 2008
A very well-written book that explores the lives of two women. One orders her world with words, and one with knitting. The descriptions of Martha's knitting inspiration, and the place it has in her life, are wonderful.
Truly a knitter's book November 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is at its core a character study set in Australia of two very different women, both widows, who forge a rocky friendship while laboring over a project involving both of their preferred crafts. One woman is a teacher and writer and the other is a prolific knitter. It is a quiet story with loads of (not gratuitous) knitting references. I really wanted to see and touch the handmade pieces in the story. "Knitting" has a very satisfying ending.
Excellent book for a book club January 10, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was recommended to us by our assistant pastor who, by the by, is from England. I was hesitant to read it because I am not a knitter and am not in a grief mode. However, this author takes you up and carries you along. It is a quick read and one that touches your heart and mind. We will have much to discuss when our Christian Book Club meets in January. I recommend it highly.
 Extremely Underwhelmed February 20, 2006
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
I purchased this book without seeing any reviews. I love to knit and thought that I would enjoy a novel about knitting. I was wrong. The characters were never really developed or explained, everything seemed very shallow. I never felt like I knew or cared about any of the characters. I found it tiresome reading with nothing to hold me. I did not even finish the last 2 pages.
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