TWENTY WISHES: Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At
thirty-eight, her life's not what she'd expected--she's childless, a
recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's
Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of
emptiness. On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get
together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each
begin a list of twenty wishes, things they always wanted to do but never
did. Anne Marie begins to act on her wishes, and when she volunteers at
a local school, an eight-year-old girl named Ellen enters her life.
SUMMER ON BLOSSOM STREET: Knitting and life are both about
beginnings--and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on
Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for
people who want to quit something--or someone!--and start a new phase of
their lives.
But when your life--and your stitches--get snarled, your friends can
always help!