Mark your calendar. It's the Christmas Cookie Club! Every
year on the first Monday of December, Marnie and her twelve
closest girlfriends gather in the evening with batches of
beautifully wrapped homemade cookies. Everyone has to bring
a dish, a bottle of wine, and their stories. This year, the
stories are especially important. Marnie's oldest daughter
has a risky pregnancy. Will she find out tonight how that
story might end? Jeannie's father is having an affair with
her best friend. Who else knew about the betrayal, and how
can that be forgiven or forgotten, even among old friends
such as these? Rosie's husband doesn't want children, and
she has to decide, very soon, whether or not that's a deal
breaker for the marriage. Taylor's life is in financial
freefall. Each woman, each friend has a story to tell, and
they are all interwoven, just as their lives are.
On this evening, at least, they can feel as a group the
impulses of sisterly love and conflict, the passion and
hopefulness of a new romance, the betrayal and
disillusionment some relationships bring, the joys and
fears of motherhood, the agony of losing a child, and above
all, the love they have for one another. As Marnie says,
the Christmas Cookie Club, if it's anything, is a reminder
of delight.
The Christmas Cookie Club is about the paths Marnie and her
friends have traveled, the absolute joy they take in life
and love despite the decisions they've regretted, the hard
choices and amends they've had to make, and the sacrifices
along the way. Ultimately, The Christmas Cookie Club is
every woman's story. As you read about Marnie and her
friends, their struggles and triumphs, what makes them
laugh and what has made them cry, you'll see yourself and
some of the ingredients of your own story. Celebrating
courage and joy in spite of hard times and honoring the
importance of women's friendships as well as the embracing
bonds of community, Ann Pearlman has written a novel that
speaks to us all.
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