I took this novel on a recent trip to Atlanta for my nephew's wedding (Congratulations, Matthew & Brittney!) and managed to finish it soon after our return home. I was disappointed, but that is not a reflection on LaZebnik's talent. The book had a little too much "earthy" language for my taste, but a younger reader would probably not even notice because that's the way most people converse nowadays. I also had a strange feeling that I had read this novel before, but I really don't think I have.
Kathleen, Lucy, and Sari are three longtime friends of around age 27. Lucy is a respected researcher with an overbearingly egotistical boyfriend, Sari is a therapist who works with autistic children, and Kathleen is a triplet who has spent her adult life working for and catering to her 2 sisters, who are identical and have enjoyed a career much like that of the Olsen twins. The three meet and bond every Sunday over knitting. Kathleen, after an unfortunate comment to the press about her famous sisters, quits her job and ends up living in an apartment below a much older man, a friend of the family, who arranges a job for her and becomes her unwilling confidante as she embarks on a romance with the son of her wealthy employer. Sari, single and lonely, finds herself fighting an attraction for an old classmate, the father of one of her clients, whom she believes tormented her autistic brother during high school. Lucy finds herself increasingly irritated with James, her intolerant and critical lover. Through it all, they knit!
LaZebnik uses the process of knitting a project as the chapter headings in this book, which is a clever way to enhance the knitting theme. This is definitely a romance, and definitely chick-lit. I would not recommend it for an older, more conservative knitter, but the under-thirty crowd would definitely enjoy it.
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