![]() ![]() One day, Georgia’s childhood, backstabbing best friend Cat shows up at the store to commission a dress. They meet each Friday night to knit, talk about their problems, and play truth or dare (yes – grown women playing truth or dare). The shop eventually becomes a gathering place for a small group of women. Through a loan from Anita, a kind and wealthy widow that she met on a park bench (note: this never happens), she opens Walker and Daughter, a niche knitting shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. ![]() She became pregnant by her boyfriend, James, when she was in her early twenties and James subsequently bailed on her. The story’s central character is Georgia, a single mother to her 12-year-old daughter, Dakota. But the cast, the writing, and the story is so cliché and trite that was no way I could enjoy this novel. Each character undergoes a journey of growth and self-realization. ![]() ![]() It focuses on companionship between women and features a cast of independent female characters. I really wanted to like this novel, as the premise is innocent and sweet. I’m admittedly not very familiar with the “chick-lit” genre, but I think The Friday Night Knitting Club falls neatly into it. Hiro fell asleep just thinking about this book. ![]()
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