Back on Blossom Street

Publisher Marketing: There s a new shop on Seattle s Blossom Street a flower store called Susannah s Garden, right next door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired a young widow named Colette Blake. A couple of months earlier, Colette had abruptly quit her previous job after a brief affair with her boss. To her dismay, he s suddenly begun placing weekly orders for flower arrangements!Susannah and Colette both join Lydia Goetz s new knitting class. Lydia s previous classes have forged lasting friendships, and this one is no exception. But Lydia and her sister, Margaret, have worries of their own. Margaret s daughter, Julia, has been the victim of a random carjacking, and the entire family is thrown into emotional chaos. Then there s Alix Townsend. Her wedding to Jordan Turner is only months away but she s not sure she can go through with it. Her love for Jordan isn t in question; what she can t handle is the whole wedding extravaganza engineered by her mentor, Jacqueline, with the enthusiastic cooperation of her future mother-in-law. A reception at the country club and hundreds of guests she s never even met it s just not Alix. Like everyone else in Lydia s knitting class, Alix knows there s a solution to every problem and that another woman can usually help you find it!" Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/05/2007 pg. 40 (EAN 9780778324515, Hardcover) Booklist 05/01/2007 pg. 74 (EAN 9780778324515, Hardcover) Romantic Times 05/01/2007 pg. 66 (EAN 9780778324515, 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. Contributor Bio:  Merlington, Laural Laural Merlington has recorded well over one hundred audiobooks, including works by Margaret Atwood and Alice Hoffman, and is the recipient of several "AudioFile" Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks.