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What do you want most in the world?
Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At 38 her life's not what she'd expected--she's childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle s Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of emptiness.
On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of twenty wishes, things they always wanted to do but never did.
Anne Marie's list starts with: Find one good thing about life. It includes learning to knit, doing good for someone else, falling in love again. She begins to act on her wishes and when she volunteers at a local school, an eight-year-old girl named Ellen enters her life. It s a relationship that becomes far more involving than Anne Marie intended. It also becomes far more important than she ever imagined.
As Ellen helps Anne Marie complete her list of twenty wishes, they both learn that wishes can come true--but not necessarily in the way you expect.
As millions of women know, Debbie Macomber understands their lives and writes the stories they want to read.
Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At 38 her life's not what she'd expected--she's childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle s Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of emptiness.
On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of twenty wishes, things they always wanted to do but never did.
Anne Marie's list starts with: Find one good thing about life. It includes learning to knit, doing good for someone else, falling in love again. She begins to act on her wishes and when she volunteers at a local school, an eight-year-old girl named Ellen enters her life. It s a relationship that becomes far more involving than Anne Marie intended. It also becomes far more important than she ever imagined.
As Ellen helps Anne Marie complete her list of twenty wishes, they both learn that wishes can come true--but not necessarily in the way you expect.
As millions of women know, Debbie Macomber understands their lives and writes the stories they want to read.
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Nancy G. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Just when I was beginning to enjoy this series, along comes this book that makes me wonder "what was I thinking"
Being almost 40, Anne Marie a local bookstore owner needs something to spark up her life. During a separation from her husband who refuses to have a child with her Ann Marie's world is rocked when he suddenly dies and there is no child for her, no resolution to her feeling of unfulfillment.
As a way to not feel lonely on Valentine's Anne Marie invites over other widow's who all decided to make a list of twenty things that they would each like to accomplish, dreams that they had, but were never realized. In an attempt to realize one of her dreams she becomes a lunch buddy to a struggling eight year old who is being raised by her grandmother. This one act of kindness will spark Anne Marie in the direction that she has always wished to journey.
With a cast of characters that really don't have anything in common, each story surrounds their own lives, the wishes really are not an important part of the story and then they all live happily ever after - in typical Macomber fashion.
Patti I. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was my least favorite of the series by far. I liked the format of the previous books better. Hopefully the next one will be back to the original format.
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This book is a wonderful addition to Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series. It brings to life new friends and news of old ones. I found it almost like reading of people I actually know.
Mary
I love all of her books. This one however has special meaning since I am older. I am hoping though, to pass this on to the younger as they did in the book. Everyone should have a wish list. Everyone should pursue that even if it takes awhile.
Loved the story, and Debbie Macomber is an excellent author.
This is a very heartwarming and uplifting book. A great read for a rainy day when you are feeling blue!
Angela T. (I thought this was a light, easy and enjoyable read. It's the first Debbie Macomber book I have ever read--I would read her other books too--esp the others in the Blossom Street collection.
Bea S. (Enjoyed this story. I found myself thinking about my own twenty wishes by the end of the book.
This is a continuation of the Blossom Street stories. Anne Marie Roche seeks consolation by starting a widow's group, which inspires all of the women to make changes in their lives. Naturally, there are a few romances.
This book was very fun and touches the heart as Debbie Macomber does with most of her books. The story of a group of widows and a young girl whose life is turned around is great.Very thorough characters and conversational tones throughout the book. I loved it and couldn't put it down.
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