Destined to be a bestseller, already a favourite with book groups.
Rave reviews in the US by a local South Australian author.
It's been ten months since Jack died, and Sandra, a tightly wound academic, copes with her grief by immersing herself in the history of textiles. When she and Martha, a gifted knitter, meet over an unconscious body on the footpath, the unlikely threads of their lives tangle into each other. Sandra invites Martha to join her in a professional collaboration, but what begins as a working relationship becomes something deeply personal. Martha seems at ease with herself, in spite of her own experience of grief. But what does she carry around in those three large bags?
"This is a deliciously daring and original book … Yes, it has to be said: it's a jolly good yarn." — The Advertiser
"Knitting maintains a soft level of suspense with the unpredictability of its characters, whose simmering thoughts...
Reviews
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When Sandra comes to the aid of a woman who is bent over the lifeless form of a man who has collapsed, little do any of them know how their lives are about to be transformed. KNITTING is a novel of interwoven fibers and characters: newly widowed and emotionally frozen Sandra, homeless (by choice) Cliff, and eccentric Martha. The action of knitting is about to warm each: through exhibit, through the mastery of demons, and through love. Narrator Beverly Dunn is artful. She moves about modern-day Adelaide, Australia, bristling as one woman comes too close to the other and playful as mischievous Cliff. Supporting characters are distinctive in voice and personality. For knitter and non-knitter alike, Dunn makes the needlecraft details interesting but not overbearing. A.R. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews...
"...a brief, sweetly winning tale... a spirited feminist take sure to find favor with women's book groups."
Library Journal...
"Bartlett has created an enthralling story about the healing power of friendship, enriched by knitting details"
The Washington Post ...
"…each stitch along the way seems unremarkable, but the finished product has a subtle beauty."
About the Author
Anne Bartlett spent her childhood in the Adelaide Hills of southern Australia. While raising her four children, now grown, she worked as an editor, a ghostwriter, and a feature writer as well as knitting original creations for clothing designers. On commission from the Australian government, Bartlett recorded the life stories of three Aboriginal elders. She has recently published a children"s book on Aboriginal history and culture and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in creative writing at the University of Adelaide. She lives with her husband, who has been a pastor for more than twenty years (a background she has drawn on for this book), in southern Australia.
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