My book and my knitting project are not color-coordinated. I didn’t realize just how bright and glaring that book cover is until I saw it right next to my sangria sweater. The book is good – a contemporary quest narrative in which a young homeless man sets out to sell enough marijuana in one day to buy a plane ticket but – like all heroes of quest narratives – will not succeed in his original mission but will find something even more valuable, which in this case will be his long-lost father. I know because foreshadowing.

Yarn Along is hosted by Ginny on her blog, Small Things.