Debbie Macomber is my current go to quick read. I enjoy reading her because she isn't vulgar or offensive. She has a compelling way of telling a story about relationships and interactions between individuals. Be warned I have been reading A LOT of her work lately.
"Thursdays at Eight" is a book centered around four women. Claire is a mother of two teenage boys who was recently divorced and is still suffering through all the emotions of betrayal and forgiveness. Elizabeth is a widow in her fifties. She longs to find some balance in her life now that her children have moved away. Karen is a young vibrant woman who feels as though she is an outcast in her family. And then there is Julia, a wife and mother of two teenagers who is anxiously engaged in her new yarn store. Her life is perfect, until the one most unexpected thing tries to take it all away, or does it?
These four completely different women find themselves all enrolled in a journal writing class. After the class ends they find themselves meeting for breakfast to discuss life and experiences every Thursday at eight.
Macomber isn't a wonderful writer. But she has a way of making you want to read her work and find out about these women and their lives. Her books are pretty predictable sometimes isn't that what we want? Don't we want everything to be okay and turn out the way we wanted, with a happy ending? Debbie Macomber delivers happy endings even if it isn't what her characters ever expected.
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