Gertie has always had her head in the clouds, wondering what her life might be like if she could only pluck up the courage to leave the remote Scottish island where she was born.<\/p>\nIt’s the only place she knows, but you can’t do anything there without\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/span>everyone<\/span>\u00a0knowing – the glue of this close-knit community is the Knitting Circle, a group of strong, capable and frankly nosy women who work hard, gossip, knit and support each other through thick and thin. At the centre of this sisterhood is Gertie’s mum Jean and her grandmother Elspeth, and the three generations of women live together, surrounded by wool, in one small cottage.<\/p>\nWhen the chance comes to make changes – a new job working with old schoolfriend Morag on the local airline, new friends and even a possible new romance – a world of possibilities opens up before Gertie. Is this the way to make her dreams come true?<\/p>\n
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Jenny Colgan is one of my favourite cosy feel good authors and
\nafter reading a lot of fantasy recently I needed something light that provides
\npure escapism and that was just what I got with her new release Close Knit.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nOur main character is the loveable day dreamer Gertie who has
\na pure heart of gold but she has led a very sheltered life never quite fitting
\nin anywhere other than her mum Jeans knitting friends. When an opportunity
\narises to take a leap and work at the local little airport Gertie finds herself
\nout of her comfort zone and her romantic daydreaming almost getting her in
\ntrouble.<\/p>\n
The book feels very atmospheric set in Scotland with the
\nharsh weather conditions and small sometimes too close knit community that
\nmakes such a cosy and luring setting for the storyline. <\/p>\n
If you read Summer Skies last year then you will be thrilled
\nto be reunited with Morag once again and if someone can bring Gertie out of her
\nshell then it is Morag. I still feel like you could read this book as a stand
\nalone so don\u2019t be put off if you haven\u2019t read Summer Skies.<\/p>\n
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it was certainly the
\nright book at the right time but for me it did lack a little of the excitement I
\nusually feel when reading Jenny\u2019s books and I am usually left desperately clinging
\nonto the characters not wanting to let them go but at the end of this book I
\nfelt ready to leave these characters behind. The part of the book that was a
\nhighlight for me was when the school trip took an unexpected turn of events and
\nI was eager to see how things would pan out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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