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The Christmas Cookie Club

The Christmas Cookie Club, November 2011
by Ann Pearlman

Pocket
Featuring: Marnie
288 pages
ISBN: 1439159416
EAN: 9781439159415
Paperback (reprint)
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"A lovely holiday story of friendship and love, and of course, cookies!"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Christmas Cookie Club
Ann Pearlman

Reviewed by Sharon Galligar Chance
Posted December 28, 2011

Women's Fiction Contemporary

Celebrating friendships this time of year is one of the best things about Christmas. In her new book, THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLUB, author Ann Perlman takes a look at a group of women friends and how their lives interconnect, especially during the holidays. Every year, Marnie and her twelve closest friends get together to have a Christmas Cookie Exchange. An annual event for over 15 years, everyone brings their cookies in beautifully wrapped boxes or bags, a covered dish, some wine and shares what has happened in their lives over the past year! This year, the stories are especially poignant. Marnie's oldest daughter is experiencing a risky pregnancy, and her other daughter is unmarried and also pregnant. Jeannie's father is having an affair with her best friend, Rosie's husband doesn't want children, Laurie is moving away, and Taylor's life is in shambles after her husband left her. Each woman has a story to tell, and they are all interwoven, just as each of their lives are connected in so many ways. Through it all, however, the women band together, providing support and love for each other through thick and thin. Ann Pearlman has delivered a passionate, heartfelt story of women's friendships and their importance with The Christmas Cookie Club. Her characters are personable, and their situations are those that most women have dealt with at some point in their lives. Each chapter begins with a delicious recipe for the cookie that chapter's main character has brought to the party, and each chapter ends with an essay on a key ingredient found in each cookie. So not only is this a fascinating story, it is also a unique cookbook of sorts. THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLUB would be a perfect gift for girlfriends of all ages this holiday season.

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SUMMARY

Ann Pearlman’s irresistible debut novel provides the perfect ingredients for a fun and touching read about a group of women who gather each year to share a journey of friendship, hope, heartbreak—and recipes. Every year at Christmastime, Marnie and her closest girlfriends mark their calendars for the cookie exchange. Everyone has to bring a batch of homemade cookies and a bottle of wine, but this year, it’s their stories that are especially important—the passion and hopefulness of new romance, the betrayal and disillusionment some relationships bring, the joys and fears of motherhood, the stress of financial troubles. On this evening, at least, the sisterly love they have for one another rises above it all. 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’s delightful novel speaks to us all.


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Re: A lovely holiday story of friendship and love, and of course, cookies!

This sounds real good thank you
Penney
(Penney Wilfort 4:39pm December 28, 2011)

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