![]() ![]() 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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