From the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV's Younger,
funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept
her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show
business (and how it can help you, too).
Whether she's playing an "age-defying" book editor on television or
dazzling audiences on the Broadway stage, Sutton Foster manages to make
it all look easy. How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross
stitch needle to escape the bullying chorus girls in her early
performing days, she was hooked. Cross stitching led to crocheting,
crocheting led to collages, which led to drawing, and so much more.
Channeling her emotions into her creations centered Sutton as she
navigated the significant moments in her life and gave her tangible
reminders of her experiences. Now, in this charming and poignant
collection, Sutton shares those moments, including her fraught
relationship with her agoraphobic mother; a painful divorce splashed on
the pages of the tabloids; her struggles with fertility; the thrills she
found on the stage during hit plays like Thoroughly Modern Millie,
Anything Goes, and Violet; her breakout TV role in Younger; and the
joy of adopting her daughter, Emily. Accompanying the stories, Sutton
has included crochet patterns, recipes, and so much more!
Witty and poignant, Hooked will leave readers entertained as well as
inspire them to pick up their own cross stitch needles and paintbrushes.
