The Confession Club
USA TODAY BESTSELLER • An uplifting novel about friendship, surprising revelations, and a second chance at love, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv. When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper club, they get more than they bargained for. The plan for congenial evenings—talking, laughing, and sharing recipes, homemade food, and wine—abruptly changes course one night when one of the women reveals something startlingly intimate. The supper club then becomes Confession Club, and the women gather weekly to share not only dinners but embarrassing misdeeds, deep insecurities, and long-held regrets. They invite Iris Winters and Maddy Harris to join, and their timing couldn't be better. Iris is conflicted about her feelings for a charming but troubled man, and Maddy has come back home from New York to escape a problem too big to handle alone. The club offers exactly the kind of support they need to help them make some difficult decisions. The Confession Club is charming, heartwarming, and inspiring. And as in the previous books that take place in Mason, readers will find friendship, community, and kindness on full display. Praise for The Confession Club “[A] feel-good testament to taking risks, falling love, and reinvention . . . Berg effortlessly wraps her arms around this busy universe of quirky characters with heartbreaking secrets and unflagging faith. . . . Readers new to Berg’s Mason will be dazzled by this bright and fascinating story, and fans will be cheering for the next volume.”—Publishers Weekly
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3 primary books4 released books#3 in Mason
Mason is a 4-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Elizabeth Berg.
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More of the same after [b:The Story of Arthur Truluv 32918898 The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1) Elizabeth Berg https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1487140969l/32918898.SY75.jpg 53485117] and [b:Night of Miracles 39025786 Night of Miracles (Mason, #2) Elizabeth Berg https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1531870964l/39025786.SY75.jpg 60465209], featuring small town people being nice to each other and lots of uplifting bon mots. I'm glad to see Iris get her own romance, but I wasn't a big fan of the backstory of her true love (or Truluv I guess) I've worked with too many homeless people to believe that John was in any way realistic, or likely to bring her long term happiness . Also we never saw the initial phases of Maddy's relationship with her husband Matthew, and the few times he's shown he is blandly perfect, so it's hard to invest much her angst when she starts to doubt their future together. Frankly my favorite parts of the book were the Confession Club chapters, with the ladies of Mason supporting each other through big and little embarrassments and guilty secrets. I didn't get a sense of distinct personalities among the women, but their confessions showed that everyone has a bit of darkness in them and that it doesn't negate the good things we do. I hope Berg moves on to a new setting for her next book; I've had enough of this mythical Missouri small town (I live in Missouri - believe me, it's as real as the Loch Ness monster).
