Good Yarn

Lydia Hoffman runs A Good Yarn, the knitting shop on Blossom Street. A year after opening, the business is doing well and so is she, thanks in large part to Brad Goetz. Then Brad's ex-wife reappears, and Lydia starts to doubt that her happiness will last.

A new class at the shop brings together three women. Elise Beaumont is retired and still bitter about her divorce, and she learns that her former husband is coming back into her life. Bethanne Hamlin is dealing with the aftermath of a divorce that is far more recent.

The third is Courtney Pulanski, a teenager who is depressed and overweight. Her grandmother's plan to help involves taking her to swim sessions for seniors, and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.

This is women's fiction with an ensemble cast, built around a shop where old and new friends gather. The tone is warm and welcoming, and the focus stays on relationships, second chances and the trust it takes to hold onto them.