The Book Club, Mary Alice Monroe
The Book Club, Mary Alice Monroe
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The Book Club

Author: Mary Alice Monroe

Narrator: Deanna Hurst

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/01/2010

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

Discover this moving story of five remarkable friends as Mary Alice Monroe, the New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House explores the power of friendship with tenderness and honesty.On the surface, it is a monthly book club. But for five women, it is so much more. For Eve Porter, whose husband’s sudden death cheats her of every security she had planned on, the club is a place of sanctuary. For Annie Blake, a brilliant attorney intent on starting a family late in life, it is the chance to finally let down her guard and dream of other possibilities. For Doris Bridges, it is her support group as she acknowledges her dying marriage and finds the ultimate freedom in her husband’s betrayal. For Gabriella Rivera, the "perfect" wife, mother and friend who offers support to everyone but is afraid to ask for it herself, it is a sense of community. And for Midge Kirsch, an artist who has always lived her life against the grain, it is a haven of acceptance. They are five women from different walks of life, embracing the challenge of change. And as they share their hopes and fears and triumphs, they will hold fast to the true magic of the book club—friendship.

About Mary Alice Monroe

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of Last Light over Carolina and Time Is a River as well as many other acclaimed novels. She received the 2008 Award for Writing from the South Carolina Center for the Book. An active conservationist, she lives in the lowcountry of South Carolina, where she is at work on her next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on July 06, 2009

Awesome book! These middle aged moms are all in new phases of their lives. Everyone can relate to at least one woman and what she is going through - relationships, empty nesters, death, illness, infidelity, job loss but the thread that runs through this story is finding yourself again as a woman. It......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 14, 2012

The book encompasses the 5 separate lives of women who are best friends and in some cases, best frenemies as they meet for book club monthly. I found some of the characters in this book extremely annoying to the point that every time they came up in the story, I found myself rolling my eyes and heav......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 02, 2012

I am embarrassed to admit I read this book. I had to skip so much- but unfortunately I was hooked with the prelude. The overall story of friendship was nice, but that's where it ends. So don't waste your time, there are so many wonderful stories out there about friendship and adversity weathered, my......more

Goodreads review by Knygu_jura on May 14, 2021

Kaip užkietėjusi skaitytoja gali atsispirti knygai, kurios veiksmas sukasi aplink moteris, aptariančias knygas savo knygų klube? Atsakymas - niekaip! Tad, kai leidykla perleido šią knygą ir įkvėpė naujam gyvenimui, džiaugiuosi turėdama galimybę ją perskaityti! Maniau, kad knygų čia bus daugiau, ir,......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielė|Kartu su knyga on July 22, 2021

Niekam nėra paslaptis, jog tai yra antrasis šios knygos leidimas. Pirmojo man skaityti neteko, o knygos siužetos mane suintrigavo. Ir kaip knygų mylėtojas nenorės perskaityti istorijos, kuri yra susijusi su knygomis 🤭 Vieną dieną įprastas bei stabilus Evos gyvenimas subyra į šipulius. Netikėtai miršt......more