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    Lydia Presley It's not often I finish a memoir and think, "My goodness, this would make an interesting book club read". But Cheap Cabernet brought that thought immediately to the forefront more than once as I read through Cathie Beck's story.

    As a 39 year old woman, Cathie has two grown children and an empty home. She's lonely and she needs friends - so she does what most women would never even consider doing, she starts a woman's club with eight strangers. And one of those strangers is Denise.

    To be honest, I didn't think I was going to enjoy this memoir. I knew I needed to read it and review it and was, in a way, sort of dreading it because I figured it was going to be another "pity me my life sucks" story. It had all the ingredients, teenage mother, skipped-out husband, friend with MS, horrible family life growing up - yup, all there. But still Cathie manages to be upbeat, to learn from Denise, to explore and challenge fear more than once. Basically, Cathie made memories of life with Denise - at a time when Denise was losing her life.

    I did not once get a "pity me" feeling from this book. The hard things were talked about matter-of-factly, the good times were talked about much the same. There are lots of fun stories, scary stories and heart-breaking stories of memories shared by Denise and Cathie.

    Mostly though - I think this book does what it's labeled to do. It talks about a friendship, a special friendship. And man, it would make a good book club discussion book. by Lydia Presley

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