Held in the home of mid-fifties cookie club founder, Marnie, who is newly in love with decade-younger Jim though she’s loathe to name it love lest he leave or disappoint her like past lovers have done, the club is the start of the holidays seasons for many of its Ann Arbor, Michigan members who mark the journey to Christmas from this one special night.Īnd while the night itself is special in ways too numerous to count, not least of all because of the support and encouragement it gives to the women, one of whom knowingly remarks “What would we do without one another?”, what makes it a necessity for them all is the opportunity it affords to give them a chance to spill their hearts and receive wise counsel and comfort in return. Quite how much it matters to have your people around you becomes clear in The Christmas Cookie Club, a novel, the comforting Hallmark film-like title of which belies its emotionally substantive storyline where twelve close friends come together once a year with their home-booked cookies, stories of their past year and a need and want to connect with each other when life has left more than a little battered and brusied. If you take a close look at many Christmas stories, songs, TV shows and movies, a prevailing theme is that of connectedness, something we all want and crave but which becomes all the more important during the festive season when being with the ones you love becomes as critical to happiness as good food, sparklingly colourful decorations and some judiciously played carols.
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