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Lisa Kartus
Lisa Kartus was a business journalist (Forbes, Time, Money), a college teacher of writing and journalism, and an author. Her book Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters (Interweave...view moreLisa Kartus was a business journalist (Forbes, Time, Money), a college teacher of writing and journalism, and an author. Her book Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters (Interweave Press, 2006) has sold some 50,000 copies. As a knitting teacher, she's listened to women tell their stories around the knitting table. One repeating theme is that of a man taking over a strong woman. This is real, not fiction. It takes place behind doors in every neighborhood -- as it does in Everything Is Fine Until It Isn't to Cara, to Lily and to Constance. And as it did to Edith Wharton, who survived a manipulative mother and a parasitic husband to build her own life her own way.view less