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Needles and Pearls

by Gil McNeil
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Overview

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.

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 ...

Publishers Weekly

A brief affair after the death of her philandering husband yields a surprising result for a shopkeeper in McNeil's warm and fuzzy sequel to The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club. Jo Mackenzie's succeeded in rehabbing her Gran's wool shop in Broadgate, a lovely seaside town in England. Her Stitch and Bitch class is popular; her two young boys, Archie and Jack, have settled in; and her Gran's getting married. But Jo's liaison with Daniel Fitzgerald, a globe-trotting photographer, has ended, leaving Jo to sort out what's next. Big changes and a bevy of stressful obstacles test her mettle and reorder her world. Will Martin Trent, the newly divorced son of her Gran's friend, be a part of it? It's a little on the chatty side, but McNeil spins a comfy, hopeful yarn with believable characters. (May)

About the Author, Gil McNeil

Gil McNeil lives in Kent, England, with her son, and comes from a long line of champion knitters. (Author's name is pronounced "Jill.")" "1401323804

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Publishers Weekly

A brief affair after the death of her philandering husband yields a surprising result for a shopkeeper in McNeil's warm and fuzzy sequel to The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club. Jo Mackenzie's succeeded in rehabbing her Gran's wool shop in Broadgate, a lovely seaside town in England. Her Stitch and Bitch class is popular; her two young boys, Archie and Jack, have settled in; and her Gran's getting married. But Jo's liaison with Daniel Fitzgerald, a globe-trotting photographer, has ended, leaving Jo to sort out what's next. Big changes and a bevy of stressful obstacles test her mettle and reorder her world. Will Martin Trent, the newly divorced son of her Gran's friend, be a part of it? It's a little on the chatty side, but McNeil spins a comfy, hopeful yarn with believable characters. (May)

Book Details

Published
May 1, 2010
Publisher
Hyperion
Pages
432
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781401341299

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