Knit in Comfort

by Isabel Sharpe

Overview

A wonderful novel from Isabel Sharpe, the author of As Good As it Got, Knit in Comfort joins the women of Comfort, North Carolina, as they come together to knit and make lace–and find that the intricacies of both echo the complexities of their own lives. A story that combines the popular pastime of crafting and a richly realized cast of unforgettable characters, Knit in Comfort is a heartwarming tale of love and friendship that every fan of Debbie Macomber, Kate Jacobs, and Ann Hood is certain to cherish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061765490
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/25/2010
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.06(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Isabel Sharpe is the author of As Good As It Got and Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough. She lives in Wisconsin.

Editorial Reviews

Sharpe makes her fiction debut with a ho-hum knitting novel. Elizabeth flees New York City and her chef boyfriend, Dominique, because she feels something is missing in her life. She ends up in the small town of Comfort, N.C., where she meets a group of knitters, and finds a room in the home of Megan, who seems possessed of an idyllic marriage to salesman husband Stanley. Soon, though, Elizabeth realizes that not everything is as it seems and she has a lot of difficult decisions to make about her own future. Sharpe's offering is safe and predictable: the sleepy Southern town with its just-under-the-surface troubles is a comfortable cliché, the characters exhibit the requisite amount of quaint quirk, and the mix of self-discovery and crafts is equally pedestrian. This is going to have a tough time making a mark in an oversaturated genre.
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Publishers Weekly

Sharpe's (As Good As It Got) latest novel attempts to follow the literary examples set by Kate Jacobs and Debbie Macomber by employing the theory that knitting can solve every woman's problems. Megan has a husband who is distant, an unpleasant live-in mother-in-law, children who don't appreciate her, financial problems, and a nagging unhappiness that there is much more to life. One day, Megan rents a small garage apartment to the outgoing Elizabeth, who may shake things up. Knitting does play a part in the tale as past and present generations meld together with love over painstakingly knitted shawls. But it seems more like a literary gimmick to tie the flashback scenes and present-day chapters together. VERDICT Both knitters and readers looking for good women's fiction will be disappointed. There is just not enough knitting here for a knitting-themed book and not enough angst or original, well-drawn characters for a woman's-issue sort of novel.—Margaret Hanes, Civic Ctr. Lib., Warren, MI

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