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Knit In Comfort (2010)

by Isabel Sharpe(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

006176549X (ISBN13: 9780061765490)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Avon A

review 1: Not what I expected but a pleasant read nonetheless. Megan lives in Comfort, NC with her three children, mother-in-law, and husband. Her husband, Stanley, travels two weeks a month as a salesman. To help with finances Megan decides to rent out the apartment above the garage. Elizabeth is a 30 year old New Yorker who has yet to find herself. She currently is living with a TV chef/restaurateur who wants to marry her but Elizabeth has hopes of having a career for herself. She starts seeing signs from her late Polish grandmother everywhere and ends up in Comfort renting the apartment while her boyfriend is on a truffle buying trip to France. Elizabeth finds herself enchanted by the picture perfect Mayberry-esque lifestyle she finds in Comfort and soon ingratiates hersel... moref into Megan and knitting circle friends' lives. In due course the reader finds all is not idyllic for any of these characters and Elizabeth uncovers the truth about Megan's life. Interspersed is the story of Megan's great grandmother Fiona, a lace knitter from the Shetlands. I really liked the story of Fiona, Callum, and Gillian and wished that had been a little more fleshed out. I also loved the ladies of the Purls knitting group and their friendship. I enjoyed reading about lace knitting. I thought the big secret storyline was a little odd and not overly realistic. I cared enough about Megan to see how she resolved her marriage with Stanley. I had a hard time warming up to Elizabeth as she was so impulsive and pushy and even at the end still flighty. The question and answer guide at the end with the author added interest. A good summer read of escapism.
review 2: Wish there was a way to give half stars. I've been switching back and forth between 3 & 4 stars, and decided to leave it at 4 because I wanted to help boost the ratings. This was a book club selection, and not one that I would have read otherwise (just wouldn't be on my radar), so I'm once again grateful to our club for expanding my reading horizons. The story started out slow and disjointed, but by about a third of the way through, it starts to come together and becomes interesting. It's well worth the effort to read and I think it will ultimately be a good book for our club, generating lots of interesting discussion. less

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