Hot Flash Holidays, Nancy Thayer
Hot Flash Holidays, Nancy Thayer
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Hot Flash Holidays

Author: Nancy Thayer

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2005


Synopsis

The intrepid women of The Hot Flash Club are back for the holidays, soothing jingled nerves and stressed shoppers in their exclusive spa and celebrating the joys of the season. In her witty and delightfully wisecracking prose, Nancy Thayer tells a heartwarming tale packed with fun, secrets, romance–and an ample dose of good cheer.

When the Hot Flash friends gather at the spa to trim the Christmas tree, they share steaming mugs of hot chocolate, a few laughs, and a vow to make this holiday one to remember. And it is–but not in the cheerful, ho-ho-ho way they expected. Instead, Christmas brings family conflicts, household accidents, plane delays–and that’s just the beginning.

After a hazardous holiday season, the women make resolutions that they intend to keep . . . in a perfect world. But life–and their friends and relatives–cause complications. Shirley lends financial support to her boyfriend’s schemes, which infuriates Alice, whose own son commits an act she’s not sure she can accept. Marilyn travels to Scotland and falls in love, but her octogenarian mother needs her at home. And when Polly and Faye find themselves pitted against each other by a younger woman, an they overcome this clash to make a new, entrepreneurial dream come true? Then real disaster strikes, bringing new challenges and surprising revelations.

Just as every month of the year throws new problems at us all, so too does the end of the year give us the chance to reunite and put these problems
into their proper perspective. And when the Hot Flash Five get together for the holidays, we should expect nothing less than the unexpected.

About The Author

Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, A Nantucket Christmas, Island Girls, Summer Breeze, Heat Wave, Beachcombers, Summer House, Moon Shell Beach, and The Hot Flash Club. She lives on Nantucket.Carrington MacDuffie is a recording artist and spoken-word performer whose voice acting has been featured in several independent films. Following a lengthy run with a New York vaudeville revue, she spent many years singing, writing, and producing multimedia performances with her seven-piece pop band. Her one-woman spoken-word show, On the Dreaming Earth, has been staged at various venues in Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest. MacDuffie has received several of AudioFile’s Earphones awards, and KLIATT says, “MacDuffie’s reading is amazing.”


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam on December 09, 2024

Since I am a woman of 60, I thought this book sounded funny. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it was book number 3 with these characters and struggled for the first few chapters as the other brought up all of the main characters plus their family members. I almost threw in the towel, but I held on an......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on January 20, 2021

Sweet easy to read feel good book my sister found for us to read as book group......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 05, 2020

A quick, decent Holiday read. The only annoying thing to me was that these women are in their mid-60’s and acted like that was ancient.......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn on December 04, 2017

Hot Flash Holidays by Nancy Thayer is a far more enjoyable book than I thought it would be. After Christmas last year it was on a remainder sale, and since I like to read a couple Christmas books each year, I bought it and saved it for this Christmas. It does start and end with Christmas, but in bet......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on December 12, 2013

I really enjoy this series and now I'm sad that I have one more book to read and then I'm done. I hope there will be more novels coming in the future. This book is just a joy and fun to read. I see myself in each of the women. Sit back and just read. This series will not solve any problems in the wo......more


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Praise for Nancy Thayer

The Hot Flash Club

“Frank and entertaining.”
–Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Warm, lively, wise, and as much fun as a girl’s night out.”
–Kristin Hannah, author of Comfort & Joy

“Nancy Thayer’s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.”
–Houston Chronicle

The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again

“Thayer has the knack of creating likable characters who grapple with problems that will strike a chord with many readers.”
–The Boston Globe

“Thayer’s writing often reminds me of Elizabeth Berg, Jeanne Ray, and Anne Tyler.”
–Women’s Lifestyle