Product Description

Slip one A year after her husband's death, Jo Mackenzie is finally starting to get the hang of being a single parent. Knit two together The boys are thriving in their new seaside home, the wool shop is starting to do well and despite two weddings, an in-school knitting project and Trevor the Wonder Dog coming to stay, she's just about keeping her head above water. Cast off But boys, babies and best friends certainly make life a lot more interesting. Can Jo cope when things get really complicated? Because if knitting truly does keep you sane when your life starts to unravel then it looks like Jo is going to need much bigger needles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9627 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
PRAISE FOR DIVAS DON'T KNIT: 'Warm and wonderful' Cosmopolitan 'It is now official: knitting is the acme of cool, and wool shops are making a bigger comeback than Take That' Good Housekeeping 'A believable, warm and funny novel with a touch of romance - I'm already looking forward to the sequel' Knitting Magazine

About the Author
Gil McNeil is the author of the bestselling The Only Boy for Me, Stand By Your Man, In The Wee Small Hours and most recently Divas Don't Knit. The Only Boy For Me has been made into a major ITV prime-time drama starring Helen Baxendale and was broadcast in 2007. Gil McNeil has edited five collections of stories with Sarah Brown, and is Director of the charity PiggyBankKids, which supports projects that create opportunities for children. She lives in Kent with her son and comes from a long line of champion knitters.

Customer Reviews

Knitting and the seaside
This book is a sequel to Divas Don't Knit but can be read on its own. Jo is building up her Gran's woolshop by holding knitting groups and classes. The publicity given to the shop by Grace, the Diva of the first book, helps to put the shop on the map. The characters are warm and realistic; there's Gran and Reg, Jo's feisty friend Ellen, grumpy Elsie from the shop and Martin her son who's the man you need if you've got any jobs which need doing about the house, Jo's sons - Jack and Archie and her mother-in-law from hell who cannot understand Jo has a life to live now her husband's dead. Funny and sad this is a feel good book and an ideal holiday read. Knitters and non-knitters alike will love it.

Pearl's a winner
Waited eagerly for this and like everyone else I wasn't disappointed. Read it quickly to find out what happened next then slowed down as I didn't want to finish it! There had better be a third instalment.
Only gripe, why not put a few patterns in the back - cupcakes, blowsy women swimmers - they sounded great. Or even bring out a Divas don't Knit, knitting book!

Bravo
After having bought'Divas don't knit' to read on holiday in March, my partnercouldn't wait for the sequel and she was not disappointed.

This book made her laugh, cry, broody, and wish for a gadget that would let her finish it in peace and get on with her own knitting.

Can't wait for the next instalment - there is going to be one, isn't there? Please?