By Ann HoodLocal writer Hood writes a story based on her own experience of losing a young child. Protagonist Mary Baxter is grieving over the lost of her 5-year-old daughter to meningitis. As she struggles to make peace with her loss, her distant mother suggests she take up knitting. Reluctantly, Mary steps inside "Big Alice's Sit and Knit", where she is welcomed by a group of knitters who teach her stitches, and share their own stories of grief and loss, including a rape victim, a cancer patient, a woman who lost friends during 9/11, among many others. While she will always ache for her daughter, her friends help her go on with her life, returning to her part-time job, repairing a difficult relationship.
The knitters' caring support is not unlike my own Quilting Plus group and the many references to places in Providence, and even in Barrington, make it feel personal.
No comments:
Post a Comment