Ebook170 pages2 hours
Picking at the Knot
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
In Sarah Hampton’s first novel, Julia touched the hearts of many. Now she returns, older but still engaged with life and those around her.
The arrival of a late-in-the-day grandson rejuvenates and enlivens Julia’s declining years. Young Harry is as much an iconoclast as his grandmother; her desire to cherish and protect him leads her into conflict with both family and authority.
Picking at the Knot is a story of unconditional love across generations. It is also searingly honest about growing old, trying to make sense of the past and still seeking a purpose for the future.
Sarah Hampton’s first novel, Learning to Tie a Bow, was published in 2012 when she was 83 years old. Critically acclaimed, it was shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year Award.
'Acutely observed… She brings to her writing the suppleness of youth with the wisdom gained from rich and hard experience. This book deserves to be widely read.’
Steve Matthews, Cumberland News
The arrival of a late-in-the-day grandson rejuvenates and enlivens Julia’s declining years. Young Harry is as much an iconoclast as his grandmother; her desire to cherish and protect him leads her into conflict with both family and authority.
Picking at the Knot is a story of unconditional love across generations. It is also searingly honest about growing old, trying to make sense of the past and still seeking a purpose for the future.
Sarah Hampton’s first novel, Learning to Tie a Bow, was published in 2012 when she was 83 years old. Critically acclaimed, it was shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year Award.
'Acutely observed… She brings to her writing the suppleness of youth with the wisdom gained from rich and hard experience. This book deserves to be widely read.’
Steve Matthews, Cumberland News
Read more from Sarah Hampton
Searching for a Marlinspike Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLearning to Tie a Bow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Picking at the Knot
Related ebooks
When Marrying A Duke... Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrossings of the Dark: We Are Living the End of the World. We Just Don’T Know It Yet. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRelive the Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Day and a Night and a Day: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Shadow on the Sun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Altar of the Dead Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wrong Name Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIntent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy One True North Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From the Ashes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom the Ashes: Deadrose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Trumpet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Healer's Legacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMangals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlind Fate: The Technicians, #4 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Katherine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWritten on Your Skin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After the Death of the Ice Cream Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImpurity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale or Two and a Few More: A Collection of Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSir Michael's Mayhem Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAcid Rain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Groom Forgets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSunder of Time: Mason Timeline, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study for Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDaughters of the Oak Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Flood Rises: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Watering Can Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Custodian: Circle of Sorrows Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Picking at the Knot
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Picking at the Knot - Sarah Hampton
'2^ book_preview_excerpt.html [[Fv
gGTf$
)$r$G|&D! "5%x^Vs()phHVs}_~/nn_W߽|u[}|Eɗ_t qN~cf
5?*.[Wqrn)+$&Ufv39vil{COk{3
W|W:UV*&pYRpU\c#cSS~r1~Ce>jzPͽO(8 Y+^PF/{ \\h]Uk%Ok%
j7kꊺf]ޔ`3,zDmgyIEsp8lb@Xxp]kn羛ߨ5r^M &
kG.g ִ*`rsd^Cm.nvϽb4;ts5;XxeϮ\=zG~z[.|rG^aT ?hbqEgjnpYn W~A
Vܴ@`M6H2Դz+ 譵sy&2Ͱ$,-f߱j/ap^9j<|(/Sk?LkzX.naÏxu զjD# n|)Ւ^$ԋ~`n$C
ϋCf讀S]u+;y;7FYKMQMQ{ Dͱ88PѺ3Q1Ezٷlj+W J 8,({ym
0C/KmW_>[#M~
#=䗟jxBno=M5噝<`?8teq`|$ly:;@ xqTMh'㎚SHe4 <X5 FWCvЅP/Չ^S0]/ṰZrC^C<Ȫ1x
4,qO?>boUrnק]f7m@Ŏuҟ!yځY$1
1e^Įto\u$<(
iLƗڂi\g8" 4kwpNW7_'ekHm`tgѓ%쪦h0s~PMk(|`3KRT$'}po
(3
g xؼ .?ʃ@"FċIq\\ ]ĠxGskCK VV)b.&!at\o2+H\m^j\m
EBHMG"$^T P-S+IGoT^`/MLpH Iq sWn4!, AI[1M49A!ZCXb|uqڄ
wA0) i0bt
CFZ!%톯v`4kO$mED..6Ċ&B;*TXfqJ!^417h.Xs n