Back on Blossom Street

A flower shop called Susannah's Garden has opened on Blossom Street in Seattle, next door to the yarn store A Good Yarn. Its owner, Susannah Nelson, has taken on a young widow named Colette Blake as her assistant. Colette is plainly keeping a secret, possibly more than one.

Lydia Goetz is starting a new knitting class, and both Susannah and Colette sign up. Around the table they learn that Lydia and her sister, Margaret, are dealing with troubles of their own. Margaret's daughter, Julia, has been the victim of a random carjacking, and the whole family is thrown into upheaval.

Alix Townsend is another member of the class. Her wedding is only months away, and she doubts she can go through with it. The plan calls for a reception at a country club with hundreds of guests she has never met, and none of it feels like her.

This is women's fiction with an ensemble cast, built around a shared class and the friendships that form there. Each woman brings a different problem to the group, and the book rests on the idea that another woman can often help find a way through. The tone is warm and community-minded, with family worry and personal doubt at the center.