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work_xhqkciuhiba27dychygmpyiidi	Lisa. Hoashi	The Knitting Circle (review)	2007	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1492	119	80	� e novel opens with Ellen being summoned home because her mother mother's death, and in the transit of the novel, we have come a long way with Hood, best known for her short stories, has written � e Knitting Circle, a novel about a mother who has lost her fi ve-year-old daughter, suddenly and Both Strayed and Hood drew on their own experience for their novels. 2002, Hood's fi ve-year-old daughter, Grace, died suddenly from a virulent We encounter � e Knitting Circle's Mary Baxter at a similar place, shortly As they spend time together talking and knitting, Mary women, Mary is fi nally able to tell them her own story and begin recovering, Centered so fully on Mary's paralyzing grief, the story is a diffi cult one to Hood uses Mary's knitting circle to enliven the narrative, dedicating entire chapters to each woman's story. With her last short-story collection, An Ornithologist's Guide to Life, Hood 	./cache/work_xhqkciuhiba27dychygmpyiidi.pdf	./txt/work_xhqkciuhiba27dychygmpyiidi.txt