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    Thursdays at Eight

    By Debbie Macomber

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    Thursday, 8: 00 a.m. Mocha Moments, Breakfast Club!

    Every week, these words appear in the calendars of four women. Every week, they meet for breakfast and to talk, to share the truths they've discovered about their lives. To tell their stories. To offer each other encouragement and unfailing support.

    Clare has just been through a devastating and unexpected divorce. She's driven by anger and revenge...until she learns something about her ex-husband that forces her to question her own actions. Forces her to look deep inside for the forgiveness she's rejected and the person she used to be.

    Elizabeth is a widow, in her late fifties, a successful professional. A woman who's determined not to waste another second of her life. And if that life should include romantic possibilities, well, why not?

    Karen is in her twenties, and she believes these should be the years for taking risks, reaching for your dreams. Her dream is to be an actor. Except that her parents think she should be more like her sister, the very conventional Victoria!

    Julia is turning forty this year. Her husband's career is established, her kids are finally in their teens and she's just started her own business. Everything's going according to schedule...until she discovers she's pregnant. That's not part of the plan.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin MIRA
    Release dateAug 15, 2012
    ISBN9781459248014
    Author

    Debbie Macomber

    Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author and a leading voice in women’s fiction today. She is a multiple award winner with more than 200 million copies of her books in print. Five of her Christmas titles have been made into Hallmark Channel Original Movies, as well as a series based on her bestselling Cedar Cove stories. For more information, visit her website:www.DebbieMacomber.com.

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    • 5/5
      Another wonderful book by Debbie Macomber. This book portrays four women who meet for breakfast every Thursday morning. Each one has different problems in her life. She how they share their stories and what happens to each.
    • 4/5
      Four women of diverse ages and backgrounds (but all middle class middle american) meet to share their trials and experiences. A story other middle class middle americans can relate to
    • 4/5
      Clare Craig, Elizabeth Kenyon, Karen Curtis, and Julia Murchison become fast friends while taking a journal writing class and after the class ends they start meeting for breakfast each Thursday at 8:00. They are unlikely friends: Clare is still bitter and angry after her divorce; Liz is a successful hospital administrator who still mourns the loss of her husband but is beginning to realize life goes on; Karen, the youngest of the group, yearns to become an actress against the wishes of her family; and Julia has just turned 40, started her own business and is looking forward to an empty nest when life hands her a huge surprise. These four women may be different but they have one thing in common – their friendship.First published in 2001, “Thursdays at Eight” features Debbie Macomber doing what she does best – writing about close friendships between women. In this book Macomber has created four uniquely different characters and readers will care about what happens to each and every one of them. Sometimes in books like this one character may stand out from the others, but not here – Macomber does justice to every one of their stories. Each character faces some very real problems and readers may want to have a tissue nearby while reading parts of the book. Macomber puts in some nice touches – for example the characters all keep journals so their story is told in both the first and third person – that make the book even richer. The friendship between the four is the strongest part of the book and is very well done and believable.Debbie Macomber is not one for breaking new ground in her work and this book has several themes that her other books do: strong women; strong friendships; divorce; serious illness; someone owning a yarn shop; conflicts between sisters; etc. It all feels familiar, but that is why I like her books – they feel comfortable when you need to escape from the real world for awhile.