The Shop on Blossom Street
Ratings11
Average rating3.7
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Ratings11
Average rating3.7
There's a little yarn store in Seattle.It's owned by Lydia Hoffman, and it represents her dream of a new life free from cancer. A life that offers a chance at love...Lydia teaches knitting to beginners, and the first class is "How to Make a Baby Blanket." Three women join. Jacqueline Donovan wants to knit something for her grandchild as a gesture of reconciliation with her daughter-in-law. Carol Girard feels that the baby blanket is a message of hope as she makes a final attempt to conceive. And Alix Townsend is knitting her blanket for a court-ordered community service project.These four very different women, brought together by an age-old craft, make unexpected discoveries--about themselves and each other. Discoveries that lead to friendship and more...
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6 primary books7 released booksBlossom Street is a 7-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Debbie Macomber.
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A couple years ago I was introduced to the writing of Debbie Macomber and surprised by how much I enjoyed it with a new-at-the-time novel, [b:Hannah's List|7556334|Hannah's List (Blossom Street, #7)|Debbie Macomber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388206968l/7556334.SY75.jpg|9862760]. What I didn't discover until recently is that it was the seventh book in a series. As the ninth book just released and my mom reviewed it I became interested in the rest of the series and sought it out. The series starts with this book, The Shop on Blossom Street.
I've been blessed with a copy of this from a publicist and have enjoyed reading it. Today I discovered it was available as an audiobook from the Overdrive system and I've needed to be crafty so I borrowed the e-audio and quilted. ALL DAY LONG. I listened to the entire book today and I snickered. I laughed. I cried, more than once. There is an interesting cast of characters and to see the way they are all brought together is interesting as well as amusing.
Before we moved across state lines I had a pretty nifty neat of quilting friends, and since moving it has been very difficult to meet other quilters. Most of the stores here and personalities are vastly different from what I was used to and the friendly community just wasn't here. Until recently with two fairly new stores opening up just minutes away. Reading about these four women and the way they connected with each other and worked out there own issues over a project or two was cathartic. It also brings hope.
I think that Debbie Macomber has a great ministry. She entertains, but she also provides just enough seeds and reassurance that those with faith and those without can gain from reading her stories. I remember enjoying Hannah's List so much and my mother assures me that [b:Starting Now|12681611|Starting Now (Blossom Street, #9)|Debbie Macomber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388193941l/12681611.SY75.jpg|17810179] is just as good to read.
Oooooh! The mail just brought me a new ARC of [b:Starry Night: A Christmas Novel|17910542|Starry Night|Debbie Macomber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1368680109l/17910542.SX50.jpg|24574896] to read! I cannot wait! I'm also hoping to jump into book two from the Blossom Street series in [b:A Good Yarn|143761|A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, #2)|Debbie Macomber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408849879l/143761.SY75.jpg|4083744].
Thanks to the publicist for providing a copy for review.
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Yes, this is the book you think of when you think about a knitter's group. While I'm not always into the adult woman problems and warm fuzzies type of books, I enjoyed this book. The womens' stories kept my attention. The book certainly made me wish I had a knitting/crochet group to join. I will be keeping my eye out to read the rest in the series.
I'm not fond of knowing how the story is going to go fairly early in the book but in this case I am fond of stories that have characters that you love to get to know.
