Thursdays At Eight

By Debbie Macomber

Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' – Candis

Every Thursday at eight, four women meet to talk and share their lives.

As one life-changing year unfolds it becomes a true celebration of friends helping each other through the tough times. Having just suffered a heartbreaking divorce, Clare is bitter and angry. Then she learns some devastating news about her ex-husband. Elizabeth, in her late fifties, is recently widowed and finds herself back in the dating game. And that means putting the past behind her.

Twenty-something Karen is desperate to be an actress – if only her parents didn’t want her to be more like her respectable sister. Julia is turning forty. Her kids are finally in their teens and she’s just started her own business. Now she finds out that she’s pregnant.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Aug 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781408904404

Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber, with more than 100 million copies of her books sold worldwide, is one of today’s most popular authors. Visit her at DebbieMacomber.com.

Reviews for Thursdays At Eight

[kathybrandt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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.

[pennykaplan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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

[drebbles · Rating: 4 out of 5 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.