The Christmas Cookie Club

De: Ann Pearlman

Narrado por: Gabra Zackman

Mark your calendar. It's the Christmas Cookie Club! Every year on the first Monday of December, Marnie and her 12 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.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2009 Ann Pearlman, LLC (P)2009 Simon & Schuster

Friendship, Christmas and Baking

This is a must listen every year. Much like the party in the book it kicks off my Christmas season.
It combines all of my favorite things in life, family, friends, Christmas and baking.

Perfect Holiday Tradition

If you listen to one book during the Christmas season, this should be this one. It is well-written and diverse, with a myriad of women stories told beautifully. It leaves you grateful and hopeful.

True to life

This is not a "holly jolly" Christmas book but it is full of joy, tenderness and love. It is a book for those of us who don't have Instagram perfect lives, but still find reasons and strength to celebrate. The true value of girlfriends is spread through the entire book along with great recipes and history on some of our most used holiday ingredients.

Great job

Loved, loved, loved it! A great listening experience. I loved the narrator. She did an excellent job.

Too graphic detail

The last thing I want to hear about in a Christmas story is about still born babies and dead people skewered on rebar! This was all in the first hour, I had to stop before even getting thru the 2nd chapter

this book is horrible I had to stop

This is a very depressing book about the holidays. find something else for holiday cheer.