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Knitting

Knitting

by Anne Bartlett (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.27

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

When Sandra is widowed tragically early in her early 40s, with no children to distract her, and a career as a college lecturer only keeping her mildly busy, she feels she needs a new direction in her life. This comes in the unlikely shape of Martha, a woman she meets completely randomly when they both stop to help in a medical emergency in a shopping mall. Martha has also experienced grief, but appears to have worked it through. She is also a keen, talented, but almost obsessive knitter, who lives and breathes her skill. Sandra is fascinated by her work, and eager to develop other strands to her career, decides to organise an exhibition on the history of women's clothing and textiles, asking Martha to help her by creating replicas of various items. What follows is not a conventional friendship, nor a conventional healing, but whatever it is, it changes Sandra's life very much for the better...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 0141020652
ISBN 13: 9780141020655

Media Reviews
A moving story about true love and haunting grief. --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap
A love of the handicraft in question is not a prerequisite for appreciating [Knitting] . . . The finished product has a subtle beauty. The Washington Post
Compelling . . . There is a lot in this book for anyone who ponders the big questions of life: the nature of friendship, the need for meaningful work, the comfort of sharing grief. Bookpage
A quiet, literary book exploring grace, loss, suffering, community, and forgiveness. --Christianity Today
What could be better than a good story about knitting? Anne Bartlett's Knitting fits the bill. --Creative Knitting
Well-crafted . . . thoughtful and genuine. --Australian Book Review
A beautiful novel that is, at its heart, about forgiveness. --Book Sense Notables
The believable, well-constructed dialogue captures the tension and tenderness of friendship. And the words the characters don
Author Bio
Anne Bartlett lives in Adelaide with her husband, three sons and one daughter. She has worked as an editor, ghost writer, columnist, biographer, feature writer and children's writer and has been writer in residence at several schools. She has a Masters, and is completing a PhD, in Creative Writing.