The Friday Night Knitting Club

By: Kate Jacobs

Narrated by: Carrington Macduffie

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The New York Times bestselling sensation that’s “Steel Magnolias set in Manhattan” (USA Today)

Once a week, an eclectic group of women comes together at a New York City yarn shop to work on their latest projects—and share the stories of their lives…

Walker & Daughter is Georgia Walker’s little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Its Friday night knitting club is improvised by some of Georgia’s regulars, who stroll into the shop looking for tips on knitting and end up finding much, much more. So now, once a week, they gather to work on their latest projects and to chat—and occasionally clash—over their stories of love, life, and everything in between.

However, unexpected changes soon throw these women’s lives into disarray, and the shop’s comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe. When the unthinkable happens, they realize that what they’ve created is not just a knitting club—it’s a sisterhood.

©2007 Kathleen Jacobs (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Critic reviews

• Nominee, 2008 Audie Award, Fiction

"Kate Jacobs' breezy first novel reads like Steel Magnolias set in Manhattan." (USA Today)
"[P]oignant twists propel the plot and help the pacing find a pleasant rhythm." (Publishers Weekly)

Surprised

The book kind of grew on me for the first 3/4 of the book - a "comfortable" read (listen) and no heavy action. But the ending was so wrong (not what happened but the way it happened) - and from a medical point of view - inaccurate. I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. That kind of ruined it for me.

good listen for a car ride

Well-developed characters. Interesting story line without too much complexity. Narrator does a nice job with voices. Dakota character seems more like 10 than 13 (particularly for an only child growing up in NYC). This one is like a good friend telling you a long story during a long drive. Entertaining but not life-changing. Great way to pass the time.

A knitter must-listen!

I loved the characters in this book and the real-life examples of knitting. As a knitter I loved how my favorite hobby and an interesting plot were interwoven. I also enjoyed the different voices the narrator gave each character.

The Friday Night Knitting Club

Starts out very slow but ends up being very good!

Really enjoyed this book

It took me some time to get into this book, but I loved it and I listened to it at work. I love how each character's life developed and more intimate details of each were revealed as the book went on. I knew right away the what was going to happen to Georgia and still cried at the end. Can't wait to get started on Jacob's new book "Knit Two."

Loved the story..

I could not wait to read this whole audible book. I loved the story and was so interested in every character. But the ending disappointed me greatly. I wish it had a different ending which would make me look forward to the next sequels. I didn’t have to win that way

A must listen for any knitter!

This book as amazing. It touched me as a knitter for 37 years, I could not stop listening to it.

An ok experience

I found several things about this book annoying. 1. It's set in NYC but the author chose to use the word wool in place of yarn in several instances. Americans do not call yarn "wool" unless it is actually wool yarn. There were several other obviously British words that bugged me since again, the characters were supposed to be American. 2. The narrator drove me insane with their portrayal of several characters. James was from Baltimore but sounded like Colonel Sanders. Dakota was supposedly 12/13 but sounded like a whiny 5 year old. Catt sounded like a child, but was a grown woman. I also couldn't figure out why Perry sounded like she was from the Caribbean. All of these things made it hard to focus on the story, which was ok at best.

Love/Hate Relationship

I really enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book. THen the bottom fell out and the last third was so depressing I wondered what was the author thinking? Surely she would know that few of us would pick up another of her books with such a horrible ending. IF I want to read horrible endings, I read the newspaper!

so so....wouldn't purchase again.

The dialogue in the story was really cheesy and i agree with another reviewer that the black, male voice was laughable. I cringed at the ending and how unnaturally it unfolded.