Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street, #5) by Debbie Macomber


Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street, #5)
Title : Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street, #5)
Author :
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ISBN : 0778325504
ISBN-10 : 9780778325505
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 360
Publication : First published January 1, 2008
Awards : RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Contemporary Single Title Romance (2009)

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…hope. They each begin a list of twenty wishes—things they always wanted to do but never did.

Anne Marie's list includes 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 of twenty wishes, they both learn that wishes can come true…but not necessarily in the way you expect.


Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street, #5) Reviews


  • Rebecca

    This book has actually changed my life. It is a novel about making goals for yourself in your life. I loved it. I actually made a 20 wishes list for myself and have completed one wish so far. It makes me excited to try new things in life and remember some of the goals I have had in life.

  • Karen.J.

    Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
    3 1/2 ⭐️’s

    When I want a quick, heartwarming and fun read I always turn to Debbie Macomber.

  • Amber

    This would have to be one of my favorite in the Blossom Street Book Series.

    1. The Shop on Blossom Street
    2. The Good Yarn
    3. Susannah's Garden
    4. Back on Blossom Street
    5. Twenty Wishes
    6. Summer on Blossom Street?
    7. Hannah's List


    I fell in love with the characters. I can't wait for the next book.

  • Suzan

    Debbie nin kalemini seviyorum bu kitapta gayet güzel okuttu kendini yeni yıl gelmişken bir dilek listeside ben yapsam iyi olucak😇

  • Susan Mallery

    Loved this book, and I'm really excited to read Debbie's story "The Twenty-First Wish" in THE KNITTING DIARIES. (Full disclosure - I wrote one of the stories in THE KNITTING DIARIES, too.)

  • Christiana

    I really liked this book. It made me realize that no matter what happens you shouldn't give up hope or stop wishing.

    I like the fact that Debbie Macomber is able to weave characters that have flaws and problems just like the rest of us but they aren't so over the top that you don't believe them.

    She also gives you updates about characters in previous Bloomsom Street books and works them into the story. It was like hanging out with old friends and making new ones.

  • Patricia

    At the annual Christmas party of the Sisters of the Sauna, the conversation turned to books as it often does. Our hostess, an excellent storyteller, said that she had read this book and it changed her life. She said that she had begun practicing random a acts of kindness with suprising outcomes. As my antenna is always scaniing the conversations of my friends for great books, I decided to search for it. I secretly hoped it wasn't one of those selfhelp books preach about changing my gutterbound ways to those of the straight and narrow path of the rightous.

    What I found was a book about a group of recent widows who got together on Valentine's day....and through their tears developed a plan to learn about themselves and their wishes for their lives without husbands


    The book is happy, sad, funny, and feels true. I was suprised abut the random acts of kindness that our hostess picked up as a major theme of this book.........when I thought the major theme was sharing and the support provided by the group............I will look for opportunities to provide random acts of kindness and I'm going to recommend this book to others and I look for more of this author's books.

  • Tina Loves To Read

    This is women's fiction, and this is the 5th book in the Blossom Street series. Debbie Macomber is one of my favorite author. Blossom Street series is the first Debbie Macomber books I picked up, and I love them so much. This book is about Anne Marie Roche who own a bookstore near the knitting shop that the first couple books follow. I love that this book as a lot of older main characters because not a lot of books as older characters. I love all the characters in this book. Just like many Debbie's book I fell in love with all the characters, and it is so much fun being back on Blossom Street with these characters. (*)

  • Kayla Edwards

    This book surprised me. Working in a small town library, you would think that I'd read Debbie Macomber before but this was my first time reading one of her books - and I can safely say it won't be the last. It was incredible to me how something as simple as a plan among four friends to make up and fulfill twenty wishes could snowball into something so much bigger and touch so many lives. I cannot wait to read the rest of this series!

  • ABookAddictHere

    I loved this sweet story with a happy ending and also liked it by making my own 20 wishes/ goals.

  • Aliya Jafar

    Yenə bir Macomber kitabı və yenə ümidlərlə dolu gözyaşları. 4cü Kitabı olan bu kitabı ən çox sevdiyim kitabı oldu. 1 nəfəsə oxudum deyə bilərik. Uzun müddətdir hiss etmədiyim qədər xoşbəxt hiss edirəm özümü. Sabah ilk iş 20 dilək siyahısı yaradacam, məni xoşbəxt edəcək şeylərlə başlayacam siyahıma, düşünərək, əmin olaraq yazacam diləklərimi məndə. Nəticədə "Kalbin sana ne istediyini söyler" və "İsteyince, her sorunun bir çözümü olduğunu anlıyor insan..."

  • Amy

    This was one of the last books bumma was reading, and while she didn't have the strength to finish it, the idea of a group of widows meeting made her wistful. She lost her beloved 28 years ago today, which would have been their 68th anniversary, and never loved another man. She told me once that she thought when my dad first died, that she might remarry, because she was so young. But she soon realized she had no interest in finding another man. She found other passions in her life: grandchildren, Jane Austen Society, taking courses at the College of Charleston, and eventually, BookCrossing. Anyhow, she asked me to read the book and tell her how it came out. So I did.

    I found it a little slow at first, but gentle. I'd read The Shop on Blossom Street, which I think was the first in this interconnected series, and was interested in seeing that Macomber has used this street to develop stories about women and the different situations we sometimes go through. As with that first book, this book had realistic situations we might face. And though one of the twenty wishes of several of the women each make was to find love, the way they each found it was different, and not always man-dependent.

    I wish there was a Blossom street nearby me, where there could be a bookstore, a yarn shop, a nice cafe and a florist, all of which welcomed people to sit around and chat, laugh and cry. (Actually,I've got all those places here, but not all on one street, so I'm lucky in my own right. And, I've got girlfriends. Great girlfriends, near and far, and the love of an amazingly wonderful man. I am truly blessed.)

  • Lauran

    I haven't read a Debbie Macomber book in quite a while, and I was pleased with this one. It talks about four widows creating a list of twenty wishes. That are supposed to help them get back to living life. As someone currently dealing with a death in my family it was a great way to remember not to dwell on it, and to remember to keep living your life.

  • Leyna

    One of my favorite adult books.

  • Amber

    Anne Marie, Lillie, and Barbie are all friends who each recently lost a husband and are widowers. Eager to find love and happiness again, they come up with a list of twenty wishes of things they would love to accomplish. Will their wishes come true? Read on and find out for yourself.

    This was a pretty good women's fiction romance book. If you like stories about friends, family, forgiveness, and wishes, then definitely check this book out for yourself. Its available at your local library and wherever books and ebooks are sold.

  • Loraine

    This story focuses on three ladies of varying ages who have all lost their husbands. Each is trying to move beyond widowhood too enjoy life again. When they get together at Anne Marie's bookshop one day, they all decide they need to write down their 20 most important wishes and try to achieve them. As they follow their wishes, they discover joy, tears, laughter, and new experiences; and, most importantly, they learn to love themselves and others once again.

    Easy enjoyable read and a good book from the Blossom Street series.

  • Esra

    Kitabın ilk başlarında sıkılsam da daha sonra keyifle okudum..
    Ama sıkıntılı bir süreç oldu.. Kitabın kendisinde mi, çevirisinde mi, yoksa düzenlemesinde mi bilemiyorum, ama bir sürü sorun vardı.. O yüzden ara ara fenalıklar geçirmeme neden oldu...
    Sıradaki kitapta Lydia ile yumak dükkanına geri dönüyoruz.. Anne Marie de varmış yine.. Nedense tuttuğu gelin çiçeğinin Ellen'ın babasıyla ilgili olacağını düşünüyorum ama bakalım :D

  • Amanda

    I would give this one a 6 out of 5 if I could. This is definetly one of my favorites by Debbie Macomber and I've read at least 2/3 of her books.

  • Diane

    Loved it of course! 💖💖💖💖 I adore this series!!

  • Khanim Azimli

    Debbie Macomberin qələmini, yazdığı romanları, verdiyi mesajları - hər şeyi çox sevirəm. Onun kitablarını oxuduqdan sonra ürəyinizdə hekayənin vermiş olduğu xoşbəxtliyi hiss edirsiniz. Kitabı bitirdikdən sonra 20 arzu ilə bağlı mənim də fikirlərim formalaşdı!

  • Debbie

    Absolutely wonderful addition to the Blossom Street series. The new charecters in the bookstore, the return of old favorite characters, and the connections they make with each other. A group of ladies who have one thing in common, being a widow, set out to make the best of a Valentines Day alone. The idea of making a list of 20 wishes is joking tossed about, then they all decide to do that very thing.
    Debbie Macober is such a creative writter that is able to make each persons wishes real, warm and a must do. in the end, I felt like making my own list of 20 wishes as did several other people I know that read the book.

    Another great book by Debbie Macomber. Really anticipating the next of her books.

  • Leslee

    This was I booked I lucked out on. I had never heard of it, but picked it up anyway. It is about 4 widows that get together on Valentines, and decide to make 20 wishes, (not to be confused with goals). It was fun as they each became committed to their wishes that the wish would bring them so much joy. Ann Marie (one of the widows) decided to volunteer in an elementary school and have lunch with an 8 year old girl, which turns out to be so much more. This an easy read but so enjoyable. I loved it. The idea of the 20 wished does become contagious. Who knows I may give it a try.

  • Kristi

    Twenty Wishes. MANY more than just three! But there is no genie involved. It's all up to you. What does your heart desire? That is the first question, and perhaps the most difficult to answer.

    And once you have identified what it is you want, share it with friends, and go out and make it happen!

  • Mary Ann

    This time the focus is on the book store owner Anne Marie who is grieving the loss of her husband. She goes through some growth and she motivates the other women as well. They all find new love - Anne Marie adopts a young girl that needs her.