Ann Hood - I learned to knit in 2002, six mont...

I learned to knit in 2002, six months after my 5-year-old daughter, Grace, died suddenly from a virulent form of strep. I was unable to read or write, and friends suggested I take up knitting; almost immediately I fell under its spell.

Ann Hood

American Novelist

Born: Dec 9, 1956

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