Not as much reading this month, thanks to getting stuff done for work, and knitting and knitting and knitting.
#30: 
What I Call Life by Jill Wolfson
This YA novel has a character called “The Knitting Lady†who is the foster mother in a group home where the protagonist goes to stay.
It’s a little (a lot) preachy, and knitting is very heavily used as a metaphor in the novel. I would say it is a negative depiction, but that’s because I found the whole thing very preachy and condescending.
#31: 
The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
This was a sink-your-teeth-in novel about Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960’s and the relationships between white women and their black maids. It’s quite a work, and really tells a thick, meaty story about these women. The novel is written in three points of view, which I sometimes like and sometimes don’t. In this case, it worked really well. The audiobook had three different, very talented readers, which helped immensely in the delivery.