Debbie Macomber

Summer on Blossom Street Debbie Macomber

Publisher Marketing: 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!" Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/09/2009 pg. 29 (EAN 9780778326434, Hardcover) Library Journal 03/15/2009 pg. 95 (EAN 9780778326434, Hardcover) Romantic Times 05/01/2009 pg. 60 (EAN 9780778326434, Hardcover) Booklist 04/15/2009 pg. 26 (EAN 9780778326434, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Macomber, Debbie Debbie Macomber has more than 100 million copies of her books in print, and her stories about home and family have a worldwide audience and have been translated into twenty-three languages. In addition to being a #1 New York Times bestseller in fiction many times over, she also has an enormous following among knitters as the author of dozens of pattern and craft books. In 2008, she launched a branded line of knitting products through Leisure Arts, the company that publishes her knitting guides. Debbie and her husband, Wayne, have four children and nine grandchildren, and split their time between Washington State and Florida. This is Debbie s second picture book co-authored with Mary Lou Carney; their first, The Truly Terribly Horrible Sweaer . . . That Grandma Knit, was published in 2009.