Thursdays at Eight / Debbie Macomber 298 p.

Four friends, each in a different phase of her life, meet every Thurs at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast. Clare has been through a devastating divorce, Elizabeth is a widow in her late fifties, Karen is in her twenties looking to grow a career in acting, and Julia is turning forty. Friends share their ups and downs, from love to death to unexpected pregnancy and everything in between like sisters, family, mothers, and relationships. Debbie Macomber has morphed her genre from romance to women’s lives and relationships.