Twenty Wishes

by Debbie Macomber

Published 29 April 2008
www.DebbieMacomber.com

What do you want most in the world?

What Anne Marie Roche wants is to find happiness again. At thirty-eight, she's childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of emptiness.

On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...a sense of hope. They each begin a list of twenty wishes--including things they'd always wanted to do but never did.

Some of the items on Anne Marie's list: learning to knit, falling in love again, doing good for someone else. When she volunteers at a local school, an eight-year-old girl named Ellen enters her life. It's a relationship that becomes far more involving--and far more important--than Anne Marie had ever imagined.

As Ellen helps Anne Marie complete her list, they both learn that wishes can come true...but not necessarily in the way you expect!


Make time for friends. Make time for Debbie Macomber. This is Lydia's newest knitting class is called "Knit to Quit". It has four members: Abbie, a woman who's dealing with a broken engagement; Alix who wants to quit smoking before she gets pregnant; Margaret and - for the first time - a man, Brain Hutchinson, who joins the class to help deal with stress. There's also the chance to find out what's been happening with other Blossom Street regulars including Lydia and her husband, Brad, who want to adopt; Anne Marie from Twenty Wishes; and Ellen, whose biological father has tracked her down. With romance and friendship on the horizon, Lydia's "Knit to Quit" class is going to have a busy summer!