Gil McNeil is the author of the bestselling The Only Boy for Me, Stand By Your Man, In The Wee Small Hours and most recently Divas Don’t Knit. The Only Boy For Me has been made into a major ITV prime-time drama starring Helen Baxendale and was broadcast in 2007. Gil McNeil has edited five collections of stories with Sarah Brown, and is Director of the charity PiggyBankKids, which supports projects that create opportunities for children. She lives in Kent with her son and comes from a long line of champion knitters.
Lovely little story where Jo, alone with her two young boys move from London to their new home by the sea and a yarn store which has been left to her. Starting anew she throws herself into making the best of this retail career without rocking the boat, too much, doing the best for the boys and finding her feet after her life has been shattered.