Half Finished: A Novel
Paperback – ebook, audio, audio CD
March 26, 2019
- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: FaithWords
- ISBN-13: 978-1478920076
In bestselling author Lauraine Snelling's new novel, a group of women realize that life is full of half-finished relationships and projects. However, they discover that the outcome is not as important as the journey.
Recognizing how common it is for crafters to start many projects and finish few, a group of women join together to form a guild-Unfinished Projects Anonymous-to keep each other on track and accountable. Three of the friends are tasked with the job of home visits for their guild. Laughingly called "the Cartel," they snoop around craft rooms and knitting baskets to report on progress for the members. They even expand their mission to include checking on half-trained dogs and half-weeded gardens.
Recognizing how common it is for crafters to start many projects and finish few, a group of women join together to form a guild-Unfinished Projects Anonymous-to keep each other on track and accountable. Three of the friends are tasked with the job of home visits for their guild. Laughingly called "the Cartel," they snoop around craft rooms and knitting baskets to report on progress for the members. They even expand their mission to include checking on half-trained dogs and half-weeded gardens.
As life unexpectedly changes for one of the members, this ensemble of women in bestselling author Lauraine Snelling's new novel discovers that much of life is half-finished-projects, friendships, the raising of children, even our very relationship with the Lord. And that may be perfectly fine.
My thoughts: HALF FINISHED is a book all crafters would be able to relate to. Stacks and stacks of material. Buttons galore. Yarn in every hue imaginable and knitting needles of all sizes. Pick your favorite creative outlet and there are probably some (or many) unfinished projects in your stash.
The premise behind HALF FINISHED is about a group of crafters (male and female) who join together in a gallant attempt to finish unfinished projects. As the blurb says, they have to come to terms with many other unfinished things (not just crafts) and that is part of life.
This is women's fiction. The writing is impeccable. But... There is a large group of characters and unfortunately I couldn't connect with or care about any of them. However, the theme and message is a good one that needs to be heard.
If you love women's fiction or family drama style novels, you will love HALF FINISHED. Check it out for yourself.
I was given a copy free. All opinions are my own.
1 comment:
Can't we all relate to unfinish crafts or tasks? I'm looking forward to reading this book.
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