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Summer on Blossom Street
By:
Debbie Macomber
List Price: $7.99
Your Price: $7.99
(as of: 09/07/10)
Manufacturer: Mira
ISBN: 0778327671
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
Release Date 2010-04-27
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Product Description:
Knitting and life.They're both about beginnings—and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something—or someone!—and start a new phase of their lives. First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who's trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business. Then there's Lydia's friend Anne Marie Roche. She and her adopted daughter, Ellen, have finally settled into a secure and happy routine—when a stranger appears asking questions. Meanwhile, Lydia and her husband, Brad, have their hands full with the angry, defiant twelve-year-old who unexpectedly becomes their foster child…. But when your life—and your stitches—get snarled, your friends can always help!
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“Knit-to-Quit” is the focus of the new class at Lydia Goetz’s needlework shop, A Good Yarn. The group is small – only three people – but it is a very interesting assemblage. Phoebe Rylander is a physical therapist who just broke off her engagement to a man with a fetish for prostitutes. She still loves him, but can never accept his unfaithfulness, so her goal is to quit loving this man. Rather than tell this humiliating story, she lets the others believe her fiancée died. Bryan Hutchinson has inherited his family’s chocolate company after the sudden death of his father. His doctor said he needs an outlet for the stress he is feeling, and suggests learning how to knit. Alix Turner has started smoking again, and since she and her husband want to start a family, she knows she has got to quit this nasty habit.
Lydia and her husband, Brad, have been approved for adoption. Lydia’s two previous bouts with cancer have left her unable to conceive, and even though she loves Stan’s nine-year-old son, Cody, she wants a baby. Evelyn Boyle, the social worker who successfully paired Anne Marie Roche with her now adopted daughter, Ellen, did all of the work for Lydia and Brad, and now ask them to foster a twelve-year-old girl for “just a few days.” It’s hard to say no to Evelyn, so Casey comes into the Goetz’s home and hearts and brings her attitude with her.
There is a beautiful and poignant story within each shop or business on Blossom Street. And, there are always new friends to meet, and old friends to greet as we wander down the flower fragrant, tree shaded sidewalks. We, as visitors to this wonderful world, are grateful to our hostess, Debbie Macomber, for sharing her friends and their stories with us. SUMMER ON BLOSSOM STREET contains just the right amounts of love and laughter, heartache and heartsease, romance, and a strong sense of family dynamics. Each of Ms. Macomber’s books is the-best-one-yet, and “Summer” is no exception.
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Customer Reviews
A trip back in time: (2010-07-25)
This was like a book from the young adult section. Very sweet, very predictable. JGR
Summer on Blossom Street: (2010-07-13)
I bought this book because my daughter, whose opinion on books I value, told me she enjoyed it so much. We are both knitters, by the way. I was disappointed, however, because it seemed so shallow and formulaic. I could just scan down the pages and get the story, and I am not a speed reader. The characters were so general and predictable, and the way all the threads were tied up neatly and predictably at the end made me feel so blah. I do not want to read any more of this author's books.
Good book but a big predictable: (2010-06-18)
I LOVE Debbie Maccomber's books, especially the Blossom Street series. Having a male knitter in the story was fun and his relationship with Phoebe was a great part of the story. It was a bit predictable but a great summer read.
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