

The Book That Matters Most
Author: Ann Hood
Narrator: Nina Alvamar
Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/09/2016
Author: Ann Hood
Narrator: Nina Alvamar
Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/09/2016
Ann Hood is the editor of Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting and the bestselling author of The Book That Matters Most, The Knitting Circle, The Red Thread, Comfort, An Italian Wife, among other works. She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, a Best American Spiritual Writing Award, a Best American Food Writing Award, a Best American Travel Writing Award, and the Paul Bowles Prize for Short Fiction. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
This book could have used an edit, a rewrite, an outline, what I'm saying is this book is a mess. There's a decent story buried in here somewhere but so many subplots that go nowhere, so many underdeveloped characters, so many things that don't make sense ruin it. (Hank's motivation is the most nons......more
As a reader who typically rates a book and moves on, I feel compelled to share my thoughts on this one. "The Book That Matters Most" lured me in with it's terrific premise of a story of a book club discussing the books which impacted their lives and how it's newest member uses these discussions to i......more
I loved this book. The two characters, Ava and Maggie, make some really stupid mistakes, and at first, I really didn't like them or their choices. Ava is mourning the death of her marriage a year later and her daughter Maggie is a drug addicted wanderer looking for the next hit. As the book progress......more