A review by j_lange
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster

5.0

"Hooked" is a well-written and well-paced book about Foster's complicated relationship with her agoraphobic mother that happens to open chapters/sections with various crafts she created over the years. I enjoyed this book-and would recommend it- if you like reading about growing up with a mentally ill parent, and appreciate a hopeful story of reconciliation with parents (definitely her father, sort of her mother) in later life. Foster is open about how therapy helped her deal with a difficult relationship- and I appreciated that model.
However: I am not sure if the subtitle of this book exactly fits the book- also, the cover is way too happy for the majority of this book. I was also not quite ready for another book about a dying mother for personal reasons, so was kind of startled by that turn. The book also deals with fertility struggles and a (thankfully) happy adoption story- so, fair warning.