Thursdays at Eight
by Debbie Macomber
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Author: Debbie MacomberEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-06-29
ISBN: 0778328406
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Mira
Book Reviews of Thursdays at Eight
Book Review: Classic Macomber
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Summary of Thursdays at Eight
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.
Four residents of Willow Creek, California--the youngest in her twenties, the oldest in her late fifties--become acquainted during a journaling class and decide to continue their connection by meeting each Thursday morning for coffee and conversation. They come from very different backgrounds, but their need for friends and support draw them together and bind them in their struggles with life and love. Clare is angry and bitter after a devastating divorce; Elizabeth, a widow, is determined not to waste a moment of the rest of her life; twentysomething Karen is set on becoming an actress despite her family's disapproval; and Julia is approaching her fortieth birthday when an unplanned pregnancy turns her perfect life upside down. As each of the four women cope with cataclysmic upheavals in their lives, they rely more and more on the support of the members of the Thursday morning breakfast club. And as they are faced with difficult choices, each chooses the option dictated by their conscience and their personal moral compass rather than the easy way out.
Thursdays at Eight is a novel of everyday women confronted with extraordinary circumstances, and Macomber tells their stories with a depth of mature insight that is both compassionate and unfailingly honest. These are women with guts and fortitude, courage and determination, and readers will recognize the same strength of character found in the novels of venerable authors Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy. --Lois Faye Dyer
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