Summer on Blossom Street (A Blossom Street Novel)

Knitting And Life. They're Both About Beginnings—and Endings. That's Why It Makes Sense For Lydia Goetz, Owner Of A Good Yarn On Seattle's Blossom Street, To Offer A Class Called Knit To Quit. It's For People Who Want To Quit Something—or Someone!—and Start A New Phase Of Their Lives. First To Join Is Phoebe Rylander. She Recently Ended Her Engagement To A Man Who Doesn't Know The Meaning Of Faithful, And She's Trying To Get Over Him. Then There's Alix Turner. She And Her Husband, Jordan, Want A Baby, Which Means She Has To Quit Smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson Joins The Class Because He Needs A Way To Deal With The Stress Of Running His Family's Business—not To Mention The Lawsuit Brought Against Him By An Unscrupulous Lawyer. Life Can Be As Complicated As A Knitting Pattern. Just Ask Anne Marie Roche. She And Her Adopted Daughter, Ellen, Finally Have The Happiness They Wished For. And Then A Stranger Comes To Her Bookstore Asking Questions. Or Ask Lydia Herself. Not Only Is She Coping With Her Increasingly Frail Mother, But She And Brad Have Unexpectedly Become Foster Parents To An Angry, Defiant Twelve-year-old. But As Lydia Already Knows, When Life Gets Difficult And Your Stitches Are Snarled, Your Friends Can Always Help! Knitting and LifeThey're both about beginnings--and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something--or someone!--and start a new phase of their lives.First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who's trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business.Then there's Lydia's friend Anne Marie Roche. She and her adopted daughter, Ellen, have finally settled into a secure and happy routine--when a stranger appears asking questions.Meanwhile, Lydia and her husband, Brad, have their hands full with the angry, defiant twelve-year-old who unexpectedly becomes their foster child....But when your life--and your stitches--get snarled, your friends can always help! Upbeat Cancer Survivor Lydia Goetz And Her Sister, Margaret, Start A Knit To Quit Group In Their Blossom Street Yarn Store In Seattle, Bringing In An Assortment Of Customers For Weekly Self-help Sessions. It's For People Who Want To Quit Something -- Or Someone! And Start A New Phase Of Their Lives. The Group Includes A Local Baker Who Wants A Baby As Much As Lydia Does, A Chocolate Magnate Who Needs A Way To Deal With The Stresses Of Running His Family Business, And A Young Woman Who Is Trying To Get Over A Broken Engagement. Debbie Macomber. Blossom Street Book Includes A Knitting Pattern For A Cable Sampler Scarf, Bev Galeskas/fiber Trends, Inc. (p. [6-11].) Blossom Street Book Five -- Author's Website. Upbeat cancer survivor Lydia and her pragmatic sister, Margaret, start a "Knit to Quit" group in their Blossom Street yarn store in Seattle, bringing in a delightful assortment of customers for weekly self-help sessions, including a local baker who wants a baby as much as Lydia does, a super-stressed chocolate magnate who takes the knitting class after his doctor suggests it, and a young woman who is trying to quit obsessing about a broken engagement. As new clients, including a woman recovering from a broken engagement and a lawyer fighting to save his career, find friendship in her knitting class, Lydia Goetz deals with her own share of drama when a stranger comes to her bookstore stirring up trouble Knitting and life are both about beginnings and endings. That's why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something - or someone - and start over.