The Friday Night Knitting Club

Brings home the importance of acceptance in how others live. Teaches it is wrong to judge. More important to celebrate life, love, and friendship. Great story.

I probably would never have picked this book up if not for one of my in-town friends (thanks, Pat) who brought it over one day and suggested I read it. I’m not a knitter and know very little about it, but that didn’t hinder my enjoyment of this story of women’s friendships. The main character is Man......more

Knitting is a Nice Device, But . . . The idea of a knitting group--a group of women gathering on a regular basis forming bonds of friendship and sharing life experiences--was the alluring premise of this book, and the reason I bought it. That's definitely what this book is. But is it a riveting story......more

This book being about knitting, I thought it would be a bit warm and fuzzy. It definitely not what I was expecting. It was very good......more

This was a very moving, character driven novel. Loaded with emotion, The Friday Night Knitting Club is about women who become friends through a knitting club that was formed by accident. Walker & Daughter is a knitting store formed by single mom Georgia. With the help of her dear friend Anita, Georg......more

I'm giving this two stars: averaging one star for the first half and three for the second half. Through the first half of the book I kept thinking, "how are they going to make a movie of this?" It was just all these separate women and their individual stories and none seemed to have anything to do w......more