“Twenty Wishes” by Debbie Macomber

“Twenty Wishes” by Debbie Macomber
2008, Mira
ISBN: 978-0-7783-2550-5

If you made a list of twenty things you would most like to have in your life how soon do you think it would take before they would start coming true? In “Twenty Wishes” four widows still in the throes of grieving for their husbands meet and talk about making a list of twenty wishes.

This is their story; Barbie and her mother Lillie, Anne Marie and Elise. Debbie Macomber shows us how women can move away from the sadness and grieving that comes when a spouse dies to friendships and on to new relationships and in the process discover that love can happen more than once in a lifetime.

This was a gentle story that I just could not put down once I’d started it. I think you will enjoy this touching romance.

“The Shop on Blossom Street” by Debbie Macomber

“The Shop on Blossom Street” by Debbie Macomber
2004 by Mira Books
ISBN: 0-7783-2160-6

“The Shop on Blossom Street” by Debbie Macomber is an absolutely delightful read. This is the story of Lydia who has survived two bouts with cancer and who has fulfilled a dream by opening a yarn shop. Looking to create interest in the store she starts a beginner’s class and the three women who come to that class are the people who figure in this novel.

The class members are Alix a young woman who has a troubled past, Carol a woman who yearns to have a child and Jacqueline a society matron who is angry and bitter. With Lydia these women become friends and find their lives intertwined. It is their stories over the course of a year and the incredible changes that unfold in each of their lives that could only have been supported by their friendship with each other.

I always come to the end of a story with a yearning wish that it wasn’t over and I was so pleasantly surprised to see that Debbie Macomber had written a sequel to this book, so I have even more to look forward.