Ava's husband has left her and her daughter is a drug addict. With time on her hands, Ava joins a book group. Their theme for the year is the book that matters most to each person. Ava picks a book that is hard to find. I enjoyed this book. Ava learns about her past, herself, and her mother. ...
That's what I have to do... for our August Book Club meeting we're supposed to share with the club the book that matters most to us. How in the world can ANY one choose just ONE book, in a whole lifetime of reading?!
When I read an obituary, I am expecting it to contain certain information. When Vivien writes an obituary, she isn’t concerned about dates and events, she wants to capture the whole individual. Vivien sets the stage for the survivors in her home, serving them comforting beverages and snacks as they ...
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood is less about books than I expected it to be. I love the premise of a book club where members pick “the book that matters the most” to them. This story, however, introduces other perspectives, other side stories, and a mystery about Ava's childhood. I wish it h...
Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine by Ann Hood3 women who grew up in the late 60's their children are now of age in the 80's.Starts off with Sparrow (Susan) and her mother Susanne who is constantly asking about her real father, pictures, lifestyle etc.Rebecca has no friends and she thinks it's because...
Ann Hood's novel of two women from different era's each tells a story of life from their perspective. As Vivien and Claire's stories unfolds they eventually convene together in a way that displays women of their time in history. Vivien is the obituary writer and lives in Napa in 1919. A survivor o...
Stories about love and loss, about creation and destruction, about triumph and failure all knit together with yarn and knitting. Also has some patterns but no sketches or pictures of those patterns. I enjoyed them, interesting to see a few stories by men as well as women.
Knitting Yarns by Ann HoodLoved reading this author's other works and knew I'd like this. It is a compilation of other writers who also knit and why they knit and what knitting has done for them over the years.Some find it calming, others do it to relieve grief, make gifts for those we love.Don't th...
Knitting Yarns is a book of essays and one poem from twenty seven authors who are also knitters. They speak about the power of knitting as a craft, of the impact the craft has had on their lives, of lessons learned, and of special people and special memories. The book also includes some knitting pat...
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