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How To Knit a heart back home
Rachael Herron

William Morrow
March, 2011/978-0-06-184131-6
Fiction/Novel
Amazon

Reviewed by Elaine Broome

Lucy Harrison has a nice life…really. She has her very own bookstore, a close family, lifelong friends and a bit of excitement courtesy of the fire department where she volunteers. And she has knitting – her passion, her comfort, and a constant presence in her life. If sometimes she senses that there is more to life, well, she can close that door pretty quickly. Then, Owen Bancroft suddenly appears in town and back in Lucy’s life. Owen Bancroft…the town bad boy, the one who got away – well, ran away years ago. With his life upside down, time on his hands, and a sick mother, Owen plans to be in Cypress Hollow for a very short amount of time; too short to get attached to anyone or anything. But life has its own plans sometimes.

Years before, Owen’s mother was a knitter – one with great talent and creative, artistic friends. When, against her better judgment, Lucy helps Owen sort through his mother’s history, she finds valuable and long-lost knitting patterns. Can these patterns help Lucy knit a new life? Can they pierce the fog of Owen’s mother’s mind? Can they tie Lucy and Owen together?

I have to say that I have never even tried knitting, never thought I wanted to. But Rachael Herron’s sweet book makes me want to pick up needles and yarn and give it a try. Knitting is truly the tie that binds the women of Cypress Hollow together, that gives them friendship and community. Lucy’s love of yarn, her home, and Owen are all tied up with a beautiful knitted bow. How To Knit a Heart Back Home is a lovely book; it makes you feel good, like a warm blanket on a cold night. I wanted to visit Cypress Hollow, have a cool drink, and get to know everyone just a little better.

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