Close Knit

Hardback Published on: 15/08/2024
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Synopsis

Everyone knows her life story. But who will win her heart?

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.

It's the only place she knows, but you can't do anything there without everyone knowing - 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.

When 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?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781399734172
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 238 x 154 x 38 mm
  • Weight: 580g
  • Languages: English

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Gorgeous comfort reading! This is a joy!
The gorgeous new novel from Jenny Colgan follows the Summer Skies story from last year, set in the highlands of Scotland on the archipelago of islands ther... READ MORE
Felicity
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Lively, talented narrator!
So after listening to this audiobook, I have to say the voice actor and narrator Eilidh Beaton, makes this story come alive!!! She’s so talented, and I lov... READ MORE
Nic. C/ Nickiknackinoo
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Second instalment of the Summer Skies series
This author is my heroine, so I was really, really excited when Hodder & Stoughton gave me the chance to read this new book to review! What an opportunity ... READ MORE
Nic. C/ Nickiknackinoo
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I have really enjoyed all what this author has written but I found this one quite hard going and for some reason did not enjoy it as much. The storyline ... READ MORE
Sue
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Beautiful
romance, highlands, Scotland, Northern Isles, friends, friendship, self-identity, small-town, personal-growth, knitting, women-s-fiction, support-system***... READ MORE
Janice Tangen
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Fabulous characters
Although this is a book about Gertie, a nearly 30 year old who has always lived a very small life yet day dreams of more, for me this felt more like a cont... READ MORE
Sarah Goldthorpe
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Brilliant read
This is Gertie’s story but it features Morag from The Summer Skies. Although this can easily be read as a standalone book. I absolutely loved this book a... READ MORE
AngieO
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Eager to read more from Colgan after this
It’s been a while since I read a Jenny Colgan book (all the way back when Looking for Andrew McCarthy was out in 2001). I loved that book, and I honestly d... READ MORE
Eve Webster
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A knitting-filled return to Colgan's Highlands and Islands
Ah, the summer Jenny Colgan romance! Like Christmas and Easter and Halloween, what would life be like without a Colgan romance twice-yearly? In a follow-up... READ MORE
Huttson Lo
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Loved this gentle story
Really enjoyed this, the ever reliable Jenny Colgan gives us a compelling story with lovely characters and a beautiful highland setting. The follow up to T... READ MORE
Claire Randolph
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Early water and lovely
Jenny Colgan writes wonderfully warm books. Full of community, family and love. In Close Knit she introduces us to Gertie; quiet and dreamy amidst the ... READ MORE
Theresa
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I gave up on this as it was so disappointing
I am a huge Jenny Colgan fan. I read her first novel when it was given away on a magazine, and I have read every book of hers since then. For a while her b... READ MORE
Sarah Smith