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Category: Book
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: DH Audio
Studio: DH Audio
Manufacturer: DH Audio
Label: DH Audio
Format: Abridged
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1552042693
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781552042694
ASIN: 1552042693
Publication Date: June 2001
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Product Description
THURSDAYS AT EIGHT, New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber's new hardcover novel from MIRA Books, is the story of four friends, each at a turning point in her life. Each woman's story is unique, told with the warmth and compassion that demonstrates why the author has become one of the leading voices in women's fiction today.Four women come to a journal-writing class with different needs and goals. What they found was friendship -- a closeness that they wanted to sustain long after the last day of class. Though they were very different in their ages, careers and life choices, the four developed a companionship that answered a shared need for acceptance, nurturing and support. To maintain their newly found relationship, these four formed a breakfast club, promising to meet, without fail, on THURSDAYS AT EIGHT. Clare is recovering from the devastating divorce that resulted when her husband left her for a woman young enough to be their daughter. Driven by anger and the need for revenge, she attempts to restart her life and regain her self-respect. But an unexpected turn of events will force her to look deep inside for forgiveness and compassion -- and for the woman she used to be. Elizabeth is a successful professional in her late fifties. She's struggling with the loss of her husband when both of her grown children relocate to other parts of the country. Knowing she must find a way to overcome her feelings of abandonment, she vows not to waste another moment of her life, and will's herself to find fulfillment in her work and her friends -- and if her future should include the possibility of romance, even better! Karen is a twenty-something aspiring actress. She provides the sparkle in the group as she relates the humorous incidences of her as-yet-unsuccessful quest for stardom. Beneath her upbeat attitude, though, she suffers from her mother's disapproval and negative comparisons with her very respectable married sister. As she endeavors to find her own identity and decide her life's true course, she discovers that, even in one's own family, things are not always what they seem. Julia is turning forty this year. Her husband's career is established; her children are growing up and she has just started her own knitting shop. Finally past her "mothering" years, she feels that her life is on schedule -- until she discovers she's pregnant! While her husband is delighted at the news, Julia is devastated and her teenage children are embarrassed and outraged at the inconvenience a new baby will mean for them! As these women deal with the changes fate has thrown at them, their Thursday mornings at the Mocha Moments Cafe take on even greater importance in their lives. Their meetings are a time for emotional sustenance, unconditional acceptance and the true kindness offered by friends and confidants.
Amazon.com Review
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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 Good Read! August 15, 2006
Great story line. Four (4) great stories about 4 woman and life challenges. Debbie is an excellent author whose stories reach out to you in a way that will force you to continue purchasing her books.
 Very enjoyable book August 1, 2006
I really enjoyed reading this book and looked forward to continuing it each day while riding to and from work. It was so good that I quickly loaned it to my friend who also enjoys reading books by Debbie Macomber.
Novel celebrating friendship June 12, 2006
This is a wonderful story of 4 women who meet in a journaling class and become very good friends. Each of them chooses a word that illustrates the situation they're in or how they view themselves. As I also see the benefits of keeping a journal and also understand how important and beneficial good friendships can be, I really enjoyed this book.
How wonderful! November 15, 2004
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What wonderful friendships these four have formed! They are very lucky. Although predictable, I did really enjoy this book. The characters were very easy to like. I did wonder if this book had a proofreader because I found two typos.
These four ladies develop a warm bond that you will long to be a part of!
I'd Love to Join this Group! November 9, 2004
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
In recent years a new genre has emerged which I refer to as friendship or bonding books. These are those books which chronicle the lives of four or five characters who may meet through various venues. They may meet as college roommates or in book groups or cooking classes, writing classes, or even as tourists on a holiday or the newest place, Internet discussion groups. Titles like Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik, Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons and Evening Class by Maeve Binchy are fine examples of these kinds of books. And to this list I now add what I think is one of the best among them, Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber.
Four different women at four different points in their lives and four different ages meet during a journal writing class. While the class proves to be less than worthwhile, these four women bond together and decide to meet weekly. Thus begins these weekly meetings Thursday mornings at 8 am at Mocha Moment a popular coffee shop to continue their friendships. And it is through these weekly meetings the four women learn more about each other, support each other through good times and bad times and ultimately learn more about themselves as well.
Karen is a 28 year old women struggling with her desire to become an actresses and a disapproving mother. Working as a substitute teacher seems to suit her for now as she continues to audition, but is this going to be the sum of her future? Julia at 39 has just opened a knitting shop and with two teenagers in the house can look forward to spending more time with her husband and on herself. But then a big surpass may change all of these plans. Clare is in her 40's and has just been divorced from her husband who fell in love with a 20 year old. Clare is angry and filled with hate for her former husband and can't wait till she can get some revenge. But then she learns that life can turn on a dime and feelings can and do change. And finally there is Liz, both the voice of reason and maturity among the four. At 57 and a widow for 6 years, Liz wonders if time is rushing by her and if she can ever find more meaning to her life now that her husband is gone.
Through the year this book takes place, these four women
lean on one another as they experience joy, pain, grief and profound changes in their lives. The book is told from each woman's point of view at the beginning of each chapter as each character write their journal entry. And then the focus shifts to the group at large as they connect with the event in each other's lives. And perhaps one of my favorite parts of this book is the way the author chose significant quotes as chapter headings. Some of these quotes were funny, some were poignant but all reflected events that were going to happen in this chapter.
Thursdays at 8 is a well written book from the heart that one hates to see end. Now, I would love to know how these four women, I think of as friends, are doing. I think this book will appeal to any reader who treasures her friends and finds they are a wonderful antidote to what life throws our way. Most of all the women Ms. Macomber describes could be any one of us. And in the end I couldn't help but think of the value of friendships in our lives. I highly recommend this book and I think you will find as I did that Debbie Macomber is a writer to cherish.
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