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In the bestselling tradition of The Friday Night Knitting Club and The Jane Austen Book Club, three women find unexpected answers, happiness, and one another, using Meryl Streep’s movies as their inspiration.  

Three estranged female relatives—two sisters and the cousin they grew up with after a tragedy—are summoned home to their aunt’s inn on the coast of Maine. Thirty-one-year-old Isabel Nash McNeal is reeling from her husband’s affair, but a secret pact she made years ago may keep her from the one thing she wants most. Twenty-eight-year-old single mother June Nash promised her young son she’ll finally track down his father, and her search will lead her where she least expects it. Their cousin, twenty-five-year old Kat Weller, rocked by her mother’s shocking announcement and the arrival of her cousins, accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal—then has her “yes” tested in ways she never imagined.

     Every Friday night, Isabel, June, and Kat reluctantly get together to watch the films of their family matriarch’s favorite actress—Meryl Streep—and find themselves sharing secrets, talking long into the night, and questioning everything they thought they knew about one another, life, and love. Through surprising and heartfelt discussions of movies such as Out of Africa, The Bridges of Madison County, and Mamma Mia, the three women unexpectedly discover who they really are and what they truly want.

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"Art imitates art in March's impossibly romantic debut about lost-and-found love and a frayed family repairing itself with the help of platitudes plucked from Streep's prolific oeuvre. Streep's films are as 'good as a chicken soup, a best friend, a therapist, and a stiff drink,' Maine bed-and-breakfast owner Lolly Weller insists, regarding the regular viewings she holds at Maine's quaint Three Captains' Inn, where she raised daughter Kat, now 25, and nieces Isabel, 31, and June, 28 (the three trade narration duties), after a car crash on New Year's Eve killed Lolly's husband, sister, and brother-in-law. Fifteen years after the accident, Lolly summons the women to tell them she has cancer. By now, each is struggling with her own heartache: Isabel's failed marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Edward; single mom June's search for her son's dad; and baking artisan Kat's ambivalence about marrying her best friend, Oliver. Streep's films have answers for all, including Lolly, who has a secret of her own to work out. There are no surprises, no problems too tough, nor men too insensitive, in this paean to Streep and happy endings. Consume with a bowl of popcorn and plenty of hankies. Agent: Alexis Hurly, Inkwell Management. (June)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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In the bestselling tradition of The Friday Night Knitting Club and The Jane Austen Book Club, three women find unexpected answers, happiness, and one another, with Meryl Streep movies as their inspiration.

Two sisters and the cousin they grew up with after a tragedy are summoned home to their family matriarchs inn on the coast of Maine for a shocking announcement. Suddenly, Isabel, June, and Kat are sharing the attic bedroom—and barely speaking. But when innkeeper Lolly asks them to join her and the guests in the parlor for weekly Movie Night—its Meryl Streep month—they find themselves sharing secrets, talking long into the night . . . and questioning everything they thought they knew about life, love, and one another.

Each woman sees her complicated life reflected through the magic of cinema: Isabels husband is having an affair, and an old pact may keep her from what she wants most . . . June has promised her seven-year-old son that she will somehow find his father, who hes never known . . . and Kat is ambivalent about accepting her lifelong best friends marriage proposal. Through everything, Lolly has always been there for them, and now Isabel, June, Kat—and Meryl—must be there for her. Finding themselves. Finding each other. Finding a happy ending.

About the Author

Mia March lives on the coast of Maine, the setting of her debut novel, The Meryl Streep Movie Club.

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Marjorie Fuller, August 18, 2012 (view all comments by Marjorie Fuller)
I really liked the characters in this book. Not really a new plot line--three women tied together by a tragedy in their youth--the way they learn to like each other after many years and different lives is heartwarming. Believe it or not, the weakest part of the story is the attempt to tie in the various Meryl Streep movies. It is frequently a stretch and almost forced at times. Each of the women learns to both stand on her own and lean on the others, with the charming backdrop of a bed and breakfast in a small Maine town, providing a refreshing look at female relationships and the factors that form and ruin them.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781451655391
Author:
March, Mia
Publisher:
Gallery Books
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Literature-Contemporary Women
Publication Date:
20120631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.31 in

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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "Art imitates art in March's impossibly romantic debut about lost-and-found love and a frayed family repairing itself with the help of platitudes plucked from Streep's prolific oeuvre. Streep's films are as 'good as a chicken soup, a best friend, a therapist, and a stiff drink,' Maine bed-and-breakfast owner Lolly Weller insists, regarding the regular viewings she holds at Maine's quaint Three Captains' Inn, where she raised daughter Kat, now 25, and nieces Isabel, 31, and June, 28 (the three trade narration duties), after a car crash on New Year's Eve killed Lolly's husband, sister, and brother-in-law. Fifteen years after the accident, Lolly summons the women to tell them she has cancer. By now, each is struggling with her own heartache: Isabel's failed marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Edward; single mom June's search for her son's dad; and baking artisan Kat's ambivalence about marrying her best friend, Oliver. Streep's films have answers for all, including Lolly, who has a secret of her own to work out. There are no surprises, no problems too tough, nor men too insensitive, in this paean to Streep and happy endings. Consume with a bowl of popcorn and plenty of hankies. Agent: Alexis Hurly, Inkwell Management. (June)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Synopsis" by , In the bestselling tradition of The Friday Night Knitting Club and The Jane Austen Book Club, three women find unexpected answers, happiness, and one another, with Meryl Streep movies as their inspiration.

Two sisters and the cousin they grew up with after a tragedy are summoned home to their family matriarchs inn on the coast of Maine for a shocking announcement. Suddenly, Isabel, June, and Kat are sharing the attic bedroom—and barely speaking. But when innkeeper Lolly asks them to join her and the guests in the parlor for weekly Movie Night—its Meryl Streep month—they find themselves sharing secrets, talking long into the night . . . and questioning everything they thought they knew about life, love, and one another.

Each woman sees her complicated life reflected through the magic of cinema: Isabels husband is having an affair, and an old pact may keep her from what she wants most . . . June has promised her seven-year-old son that she will somehow find his father, who hes never known . . . and Kat is ambivalent about accepting her lifelong best friends marriage proposal. Through everything, Lolly has always been there for them, and now Isabel, June, Kat—and Meryl—must be there for her. Finding themselves. Finding each other. Finding a happy ending.

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