The seven o'clock club

The seven o'clock club

Amelia Ireland

Book - 2025

"Four strangers are brought together to participate in an experimental treatment designed to heal broken hearts in this surprising and heartfelt debut novel from author Amelia Ireland. In a perfectly ordinary building, four strangers who couldn't be more different meet for the first time. Their skepticism of this new kind of grief therapy-and the unnervingly perceptive group leader-means they're all wary, but as the weeks go by, they find themselves returning again and again, pulled to work toward healing, even if it means first facing the pain head-on. A sharp-tongued lawyer who has no intention of letting down her walls, a fragile young woman looking for a place to belong, a musician at the top of his game who's one dr...ink away from losing it all, and an interior designer facing the crumbling of her picture-perfect life-this unlikely group slowly opens up, not only to the possiblity of a happier future but to friendship, change, and even romance. When a startling revelation reveals the real reason they were chosen for this group, it shakes the very foundation of what they thought they knew. What began as a journey designed to heal turns out to be a much greater test of friendship, strength, and love as they realize happiness is just outside the door...if they're brave enough to seek it."--

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Subjects
Friendship > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Grief therapy > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Women lawyers > Fiction.
Musicians > Fiction.
Interior decorators > Fiction.
Healing > Psychological aspects > Fiction.
Novels.
Genres
Novels
Published
New York : Berkley [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Amelia Ireland (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
357 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780593952634
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Review by Booklist Review

Four people, struggling with grief, decide to take part in experimental group therapy to heal. Freya, an interior designer, Callum, a rock star, Mischa, a shy young adult, and Victoria, a senior partner in a high-powered law firm, are from different walks of life. They are united in their grief and their inability to move on from the traumatic events in their lives. On Tuesdays at 7 o'clock, they meet at the flat of psychologist Genevieve. Genevieve has an unconventional therapy style, and she slowly begins to reach the group. The book is told in parts modeled on the Kübler-Ross expanded stages of grief, and in each part there are alternating chapters from each member of the group. Ireland presents realistic portrayals of complex grief and loss. She succeeds in writing scenes of unflinchingly heartbreaking loss buffered by growing friendships and a possible romance among the group members. About three-quarters of the way through the book, though, the narrative takes an unexpected turn. Readers who accept this new direction will find an unusual story of loss, acceptance, forgiveness, and starting over.

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