Be forewarned there is drug use, promiscuity, and adultery. There are other interesting characters, but I don’t want to give too much away. Ava thinks Maggie is in Italy, and only finds out about Paris when she gets a phone call saying Maggie’s missing. As Ava sorts through her life, we are introduced to Maggie, her 20 something rebellious daughter, who is in Paris and continuing to make a mess out of her life with drugs and bad choices in men. At the first meeting of the book club everyone picks a book that had the most influence on them, Ava picks the one she read as a child that spoke to her after her mother’s death. Her mother owned a bookstore, but she died after Ava’s little sister died. When Ava was a child, books were a source of comfort for her. She is lonely and seeks company in a book club that her closest friend leads. The main character Ava is reeling from her husband leaving her for another woman. I’m glad I didn’t and the ending was worth all the emotional ups and downs. Ava joins a book group, not only for her love. Ava’s twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country. This was the type of novel I almost stopped reading because I was getting too depressed about what was happening in the characters lives. by Ann Hood (Author) An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle.
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