"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it." (James Bryce)

Friday, May 21, 2010

NEEDLES AND PEARLS (Gil McNeil)

Widow Jo MacKenzie has settled into her new life in the seaside English village of Broadgate and her boys, Jack and Archie, are thriving in the community as Jo's yarn shop, McKnits, slowly grows.  A year has now passed since Jo's husband, Nick, announced that he was leaving her for another woman and then promptly died in an auto accident.  Jo's grandmother, Mary, and best friend, Ellen, have fallen in love and are planning their weddings, both of which will prominently feature Jo and her sons.  In the midst of trying to expand her business online with the help of handsome carpenter Martin and dealing with all of the wedding preparations and other dramas in her life, Jo makes a discovery that will change her life forever.

Needles and Pearls continues where The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club leaves off.  This installment (and I hope there will be more!) is just as charming.  McNeil has a way of making the reader feel like they actually  know her characters and that comfortable feeling permeates the novel.  I hated to see ithe last page!

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