A Good Yarn (Blossom Street Series #2)

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Overview

Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived—and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.

Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions—and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.

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Macomber revisits the cozy Seattle yarn store of 2004's The Shop on Blossom Street in another heartfelt tale of crafts and camaraderie. After a slow beginning, this sequel clips along satisfyingly, as shop owner Lydia, a cancer survivor, and her no-nonsense sister, Margaret, meet three new and conveniently quite different friends and bond over the complications of life. Overweight, depressed teenager Courtney Pulanski has found herself plopped into a new town for her senior year, living with her grandma while her dad works in Brazil. Bethanne Hamlin, a recent divorcee, and Elise Beaumont, who's been single for years, are both still suffering from their broken marriages. Serving as sounding boards and sources of endless support for each other, the women find friendship and, of course, resolution for their problems (the latter a little too easily). Readers will miss The Shop on Blossom Street's spirited Jacqueline, who plays a minor role here, and a few things-like the character of Elise's ex-husband, Maverick-strain credibility. But the author's trademark warm treatment of the lives of women will satisfy her readers. Despite occasional draughts of treacle and a too-easy denouement, this should be another Macomber bestseller. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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ISBN-13: 9780778328803
Publisher: Mira
Publication date: 5/1/2010
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 380
Sales rank: 69,699
Series: Blossom Street Series , #2
Product dimensions: 4.20 (w) x 6.60 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber has been knitting since the age of twelve. In addition to being a #1 New York Times fiction bestseller—with books translated into twenty-three languages—she lends her name to a dozen pattern and craft books and has her own line of knitting products. Debbie and her husband, Wayne, have four children and eight grandchildren and split their time between Washington State and Florida. This is Debbie's picture-book debut.

Biography

Publishing did not come easy to self-described "creative speller" Debbie Macomber. When Macomber decided to follow her dreams of becoming a bestselling novelist, she had a lot of obstacles in her path. For starters, Macomber is dyslexic. On top of this, she had only a high school degree, four young children at home, and absolutely no connections in the publishing world. If there's one thing you can say about Debbie Macomber, however, it is that she does not give up. She rented a typewriter and started writing, determined to break into the world of romance fiction.

The years went on and the rejection letters piled up. Her family was living on a shoestring budget, and Debbie was beginning to think that her dreams of being a novelist might never be fulfilled. She began writing for magazines to earn some extra money, and she eventually saved up enough to attend a romance writer's conference with three hundred other aspiring novelists. The organizers of the conference picked ten manuscripts to review in a group critique session. Debbie was thrilled to learn that her manuscript would be one of the novels discussed.

Her excitement quickly faded when an editor from Harlequin tore her manuscript to pieces in front of the crowded room, evoking peals of laughter from the assembled writers. Afterwards, Macomber approached the editor and asked her what she could do to improve her novel. "Throw it away," the editor suggested.

Many writers would have given up right then and there, but not Macomber. The deeply religious Macomber took a lesson from Job and gathered strength from adversity. She returned home and mailed one last manuscript to Silhouette, a publisher of romance novels. "It cost $10 to mail it off," Macomber told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2000. "My husband was out of work at this time, in Alaska, trying to find a job. The children and I were living on his $250-a-week unemployment, and I can't tell you what $10 was to us at that time."

It turned out to be the best $10 Macomber ever spent. In 1984, Silhouette published her novel, Heartsong. (Incidentally, although Heartsong was Macomber's first sale, she actually published another book, Starlight, before Heartsong went to print.) Heartsong went on to become the first romance novel to ever be reviewed in Publishers Weekly, and Macomber was finally on her way.

Today, Macomber is one of the most widely read authors in America. A regular on the New York Times bestseller charts, she is best known for her Cedar Cove novels, a heartwarming story sequence set in a small town in Washington state, and for her Knitting Books series, featuring a group of women who patronize a Seattle yarn store. In addition, her backlist of early romances, including several contemporary Westerns, has been reissued with great success.

Macomber has made a successful transition from conventional romance to the somewhat more flexible genre known as "women's fiction." "I was at a point in my life where I found it difficult to identify with a 25-year-old heroine," Macomber said in an interview with ContemporaryRomanceWriters.com. "I found that I wanted to write more about the friendships women share with each other." To judge from her avid, ever-increasing fan base, Debbie's readers heartily approve.

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Some outtakes from our interview with Macomber:

"I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.' I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time -- I married. I was a teenager, and Wayne and I (now married nearly 37 years) had four children in five years."

"I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspiring about yarn that makes me feel I could never have enough. Often I'll go into my yarn room (yes, room!) and just hold skeins of yarn and dream about projects. It's a comforting thing to do."

"My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers -- it's what my children call my ‘dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few."

"I'm morning person, and rip into the day with a half-mile swim (FYI: a half mile is a whole lot farther in the water than it is on land) at the local pool before I head into the office, arriving before eight. It takes me until nine or ten to read through all of the guest book entries from my web site and the mail before I go upstairs to the turret where I do my writing. Yes, I write in a turret -- is that romantic, or what? I started blogging last September and really enjoy sharing bits and pieces of my life with my readers. Once I'm home for the day, I cook dinner, trying out new recipes. Along with cooking, I also enjoy eating, especially when the meal is accompanied by a glass of good wine. Wayne and I take particular pleasure in sampling eastern Washington State wines (since we were both born and raised in that part of the state).

1. Hometown:
  
  Port Orchard, Washington
1. Date of Birth:
  
  October 22, 1948
2. Place of Birth:
  
  Yakima, Washington
1. Education:
  
  Graduated from high school in 1966; attended community college
2. Website:
  
  http://www.debbiemacomber.com

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"Making a sock by hand creates a connection to history; we are offered a glimpse into the lives of knitters who made socks using the same skills and techniques we continue to use today."

—Nancy Bush, author of Folk Socks (1994), Folk Knitting in Estonia (1999) and Knitting on the Road, Socks for the Traveling Knitter (2001), all published by Interweave Press.

LYDIA HOFFMAN

Knitting saved my life. It saw me through two lengthy bouts of cancer, a particularly terrifying kind that formed tumors inside my brain and tormented me with indescribable headaches. I experienced pain I could never have imagined before. Cancer destroyed my teen years and my twenties, but I was determined to survive.

I'd just turned sixteen the first time I was diagnosed, and I learned to knit while undergoing chemotherapy. A woman with breast cancer, who had the chemo chair next to mine, used to knit and she's the one who taught me. The chemo was dreadful—not quite as bad as the headaches, but close. Because of knitting, I was able to endure those endless hours of weakness and severe nausea. With two needles and a skein of yarn, I felt I could face whatever I had to. My hair fell out in clumps, but I could weave yarn around a needle and create a stitch; I could follow a pattern and finish a project. I couldn't hold down more than a few bites at a time, but I could knit. I clung to that small sense of accomplishment, treasured it.

Knitting was my salvation—knitting and my father. He lent me the emotional strength to make it through the last bout. I survived but, sadly, Dad didn't. Ironic, isn't it? I lived, but my cancer killed my father.

The death certificate states that he died of a massive heart attack, but I believe otherwise. When the cancer returned, it devastated him even more than me. Mom has never been able to deal with sickness, so the brunt of my care fell to my father. It was Dad who got me through chemotherapy, Dad who argued with the doctors and fought for the very best medical care—Dad who lent me the will to live. Consumed by my own desperate struggle for life, I didn't realize how dear a price my father paid for my recovery. By the time I was officially in remission, Dad's heart simply gave out on him.

After he died, I knew I had to make a choice about what I should do with the rest of my life. I wanted to honor my father in whatever I chose, and that meant I was prepared to take risks. I, Lydia Anne Hoffman, resolved to leave my mark on the world. In retrospect, that sounds rather melodramatic, but a year ago it was exactly how I felt. What, you might ask, did I do that was so life-changing and profound?

I opened a yarn store on Blossom Street in Seattle. That probably won't seem earth-shattering to anyone else, but for me, it was a leap of faith equal to Noah's building the ark without a rain cloud in sight. I had an inheritance from my grandparents and gambled every cent on starting my own business. Me, who's never held down a job for more than a few weeks. Me, who knew next to nothing about finances, profit-and-loss statements or business plans. I sank every dime I had into what I did know, and that was yarn and knitters.

Naturally, I ran into a few problems. At the time, Blossom Street was undergoing a major renovation—in fact, the architect's wife, Jacqueline Donovan, was one of the women in my first knitting class. Jacqueline, Carol and Alix, my original students, remain three of my closest friends to this day. Last summer, when I opened A Good Yarn, the street was closed to traffic. Anyone who managed to find her way to my store then had to put up with constant dust and noise. I refused to let the mess and inconvenience hamper my enthusiasm, and fortunately that was how my clientele felt, too. I was convinced I could make this work.

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quiltlady0000

Posted April 18, 2012

A relaxing experience!

I enjoyed this book so much! I have to say that I am enjoying making my way through the series. I love the characters, I want to go and hang out with them and learn how to knit socks!
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p52

Posted March 9, 2012

great book

Love Debbie Macombers books. Hard to put it down, great reading.
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Heidi_G

Posted February 20, 2012

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Loved it!

A lovely followup to The Shop on Blossom Street, this book continues Macomber's look at the lives of the women who frequent a small yarn shop in Seattle. Lydia's shop has become a place of refuge for the friends, a place to talk and to knit, sometimes for themselves and sometimes for charity. Macomber is a master at weaving emotions into her words, letting us peak into the romance, the heartache, the anger, and the fear of her characters. I can't wait to start the next book in the series!
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NOOK_Junky

Posted October 24, 2011

Great Read - a True Feel Good series!!

I love how this series is progressing - it is a true feel good read that keeps you wanting to know what happens next. The last books original characters are streamed throughout which is wonderful. I often read a book and wonder, what happened to them "after" the last chapter - this series fills that curiosity!!
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ErikaDW

Posted October 4, 2011

Great Story

This is the first book that I read by Ms. Macomber and let me tell you, she tells an amazing story! This woman is so talented! I was drawn in by her complex characters immediately. The story line was excellent. Although this is the second book in a series, I didn't feel lost or confused by anything I was reading. It made me want to read more about these ladies and their fascinating lives. This book is great for all ages and I highly recommend it and anything else by Debbie Macomber.
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Anonymous

Posted February 16, 2011

A wonderful book to curl up with!

This was my first read by Ms. Macomber and it's kept me coming back ever since! A great book for fans of knitting who know the connections you make despite barriers of age and circumstance. Debbie's character development pulls you in. This is a book for all! The storyline moves along and takes you on an adventure with it. I love the cast of characters,plot and setting.
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Bex_The_Babe

Posted October 27, 2009

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Macomber does it again!

Debbie Macomber does not fail to entertain in the sequel to her first book in the Blossom Street series. A new set of characters all with vastly different lives and experiences will touch your heart. And a special treat, your favorite characters from the previous novel make guest appearances. With female characters ranging from 17 to 65 years old, this is definitely a series for everyone!
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KnitterStar

Posted August 17, 2009

Yarn that is good!

This is the first book that I have read by Ms. Macomber and I did enjoy this book. I'm happy to see that they have patterns in each of her books but did not realize that she was under Romance Novels. I enjoy more of
the mystery types that seem to be coming out more with patterns for knitting, crocheting and needlecraft! I enjoy how she describes each
character because you do have a better understanding of what they are
going through. I recommend this book along with a good pattern!
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Anonymous

Posted May 23, 2009

Great Yarn

Enjoyed the way that everyone cares about each other how knitting can
soothe the nerves.
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Char47

Posted March 2, 2009

Excellent reading

A friend recommended the Blossom Street books and I am so happy she did. Debbie Macomber writes so that I felt I knew and could be friends with the characters. I read the first book of the series before this one and was just an enthralled with the details of A Good Yarn. I hated to put the books down until I finished reading. I will definitely read more books by Debbie Macomber.
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Anonymous

Posted October 6, 2008

As good as the first in the series.....

A Good Yarn is just as wonderful as The Shop on Blossom Street. Macomber makes you feel like you are part of the circle of friends in the book. I love the way she mixed the characters from the first book in with the characters in this book...
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Anonymous

Posted November 13, 2006

A great story!

In A Good yarn, we learn what some of the characters from The Shop On Blossom Street are up to. We also meet more interesting ladies and we feel like we get to know them. I would definetely recommend this book to others!
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Anonymous

Posted July 6, 2006

Loved it!!!!

This book is as good as the first in the series. Makes you laugh and cry...hope Debbie Macomber writes another in the book about the shop on Blossom Street. Can't wait to find out what happens next.
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Anonymous

Posted May 12, 2006

A nice escape from reality

Reading a Debbie Macomber book is like making a group of new friends that stay with you, and you would like to have as apart of your daily life forever. It is so difficult to end a book and not to have the characters and the story to look forward to each day.
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Anonymous

Posted June 24, 2005

extra-ordinary

This book was just as good as the first. The shop on blossom street. Debbie Macomber is an amazing author. I couldn't put It down. It makes you laugh and cry.
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Posted July 1, 2005

wonderful girlfriend book

a simply delightful read....I loved it and wished the chapters just kept on going
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Posted December 9, 2008

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When Lydia Hoffman was a teen she conquered breast cancer but though chemo helped, it was the woman in the next treatment chair who gave her the needed edge; she learned to knit. Eventually, she opened up a shop A GOOD YARN about a year ago that has done well and has met a man Brad Goetz she likes, but his former wife is back in town. --- One of Lydia¿s students, retired librarian Elise Beaumont lives with her daughter Aurora as her ex husband gambler Marvin the 'Maverick¿ lost everything they possessed. The two women battle over whether Aurora should allow her father into her life.--- Another pupil Bethanne Hamlin faces a midlife crisis since her spouse left her and their teens for another woman. Her confidence is shattered.--- Finally overweight teen Courtney Pulanski is depressed that her grandmother intercedes in her life by dragging her to senior citizen events like knitting. She wants nothing to do with the old losers in the class.--- The sequel to THE SHOP ON BLOSSOM STREET is A GOOD YARN that contemporary women¿s fiction readers will appreciate. The characters are fully developed so that the audience feels their pain and fear as they go through the phases of a group until they ¿perform¿ by helping each other gain self esteem by the high regard they begin to display to one another. Though the viewpoint between the four prime characters can be difficult to follow, readers will observe their differences and commonality as Debbie Macomber returns to Seattle with an uplifting inspirational yarn.--- Harriet Klausner
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Anonymous

Posted March 18, 2005

A Good Yarn

Another class is about to start at A Good Yarn, and with it, more lives that are in need of repair have the opportunity to come together and be reknit. There is Elise, a retired librarian who lost her heart and savings to Maverick Beaumont, a professional gambler, or more aptly, loser. Then comes Bethane, a woman whose husband ditched her for a younger model, leaving her to raise two teens who are in the throes of acting out. Finally, there is Courtney, a teen with a weight problem who does not want to be in that town, much less the class. Together with their teacher, Lydia Hoffman and her sister Margaret, these women will begin to weave new lives, ones that interlock with each others' in new and inspirational ways. *** Although the shifting perspective between first and third person, as well as the changing point of view between characters takes a while to get the hang of, in the end it is worthwhile to do so. This book is not billed as inspirational, per se, but you would not be wrong to look for inspiration herein. ***
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