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Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting
Ann(Ed.) Hood
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Description for Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting
Paperback. The rhythm, ritual and pleasure of knitting are celebrated in this new collection for lovers of both knitting and literature. Editor(s): Hood, Ann. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WFBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
In Knitting Pearls, two-dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting. Jodi Picoult remembers her grandmother and how through knitting she felt that everlasting love. Lily King remembers the year her family lived in Italy and a knitted hat that helped her daughter adjust to her new home. Laura Lippman explores how converting to Judaism changed not only Christmas but also her mother's gift of a knitted stocking. And Bill Roorbach remembers his first year at college when knitting soothed his broken heart and helped him fall in love again. Other contributors include Steve Almond, Jane Hamilton, ... Read more
In Knitting Pearls, two-dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting. Jodi Picoult remembers her grandmother and how through knitting she felt that everlasting love. Lily King remembers the year her family lived in Italy and a knitted hat that helped her daughter adjust to her new home. Laura Lippman explores how converting to Judaism changed not only Christmas but also her mother's gift of a knitted stocking. And Bill Roorbach remembers his first year at college when knitting soothed his broken heart and helped him fall in love again. Other contributors include Steve Almond, Jane Hamilton, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
219g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353259
SKU
V9780393353259
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Ann(Ed.) Hood
Ann Hood is the author of the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most, The Knitting Circle, The Red Thread, The Obituary Writer, and Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Reviews for Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting
This collection (patterns included!) helps explain why knitting is so often the life sport of the literary set... [It] includes a top-flight list of contributors including Maile Meloy, Dani Shapiro, Diana Gabaldon, Jane Hamilton and fiber 'rock star' Jared Flood.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune