When I read the back of this book to see what it was about it didn't take long to realize that I've read this book - under different titles of course! There is always a shared activity - a knitting group, a Jane Austen book club or in this case all of the Meryl Streep movies. There are always a group of women who share this activity and in coming together they change their lives or mend past breaks. In this book the women happen to be related. But you know what? I didn't care that I had already read it. I enjoyed it very much. Most of the book takes place at an Inn in Maine run by Lolly. Many years ago Lolly and her husband were at home in their Inn on New Year's Eve because they had guests. They had one daughter, Kat, but that evening they also had Lolly's nieces June and Isabel staying with them while their parents went out to party. When Lolly's sister called and asked for a ride home from the party Lolly sent her husband. The three of them were killed in a car accident and Lolly was left with three girls to finish raising. There hasn't been much closeness in the family all of these years but Lolly has asked them to come to the Inn for an important announcement. While there they have 'movie nights' - and this time it is all Meryl Streep all the time! Her movies have a lot in common with the lives of these women. It is not a deep book. It won't change your life. But I think you will enjoy getting to know these characters. I look forward to a second book by this author.
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