The Knitting Circle: Ann Hood

After the sudden loss of her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island, as a way to fill the empty hours and lonely days. The women welcome her, each teaching Mary a new knitting technique and, as they do, revealing their own personal stories of loss, love, and hope. Eventually Mary is able to tell her own story of grief and in so doing reclaims her love for her husband, faces the hard truths about her relationship with her mother, and finds the spark of life again. Ann Hood is the author of seven novels and a short-story collection, An Ornithologist's Guide to Life. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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[addyrain]

That's a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing it with us all. It really inspires.

[laddybug3]

I love this book. I find it interesting that something tragic happens people turn to knitting.

[prisdls]

She is right I started kniting

When I got sick

I had ovarian tumers

[grapefruitm00n]

That's a very sad story. I own her book on writing fiction and it's been a big help to me.