I wouldn't say shes similar to any others authors (not that I have read anyway) im so sorry I can't help you out much hun
The story is about a woman who has had a terrible life, shes had cancer a few times and started when she was 16 so shes not been able to do much. The first book is mainly about her and how she gets on with her life. She opens a knitting store as its always been her passion and her dad past away a while back, she felt it was because of the stress due to her illness. So she opened the store as a thank you so to speak to show she is getting on with her life. She mets a few people while having her store open and the book is about their life problems too, it like swaps on each chapter to a different person.