The Christmas Club

Reviews / Votes

'A whip-smart story of modern love, letting go, and growing up.' Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake -- Carley Fortune * Carley Fortune * "A fabulous festive read about found family. I loved it from the first sentence."
-Sophie Cousens, bestselling author of Before I Do -- Sophie Cousens * Sophie Cousens * "If you adore Christmas and loved Friends, then this is the perfect book for you. I would happily abandon my husband and kids to spend Christmas in New York with Hannah, Finn, Theo and Priya. A festive, funny, hug of a novel about love in all its forms." -- Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The People on Platform 5 "Funny and wise-this totally unexpected story of chosen family warmed me from the inside out. I absolutely adored it." -- Annabel Monaghan, author of Nora Goes Off Script "Set in the holiday glow of a luminously rendered New York City, The Christmas Orphans Club is a big-hearted, poignant, page-turning novel about the chosen families that sustain us. With this dazzling debut, Freeman is the heir apparent to the mantle of sophisticated, feel-good fiction. I will read anything she writes." -- John Glynn, author of Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer "I'm completely in love with this book! The Christmas Orphans Club is a beautiful exploration of friendship with laugh-out-loud dialogue and characters you can't stop thinking about. Becca Freeman's debut is witty, heartwarming, and hilarious and the most delightful thing you'll read all year." -- Jennifer Close "I dare you to read The Christmas Orphans Club and not want to spend every single holiday of your life--Christmas or otherwise--with Hannah, Finn, Priya, and Theo. Freeman's writing is filled with wit and insight, and her dialogue crackles. Beneath the abundant humor and charm, though, is a thoughtful exploration of friendship, tradition, and the challenges of growing old. What a gift of a debut!" -- Grant Ginder "Christmas movies and books have never been my thing, but wow, The Christmas Orphans Club made my heart grow three sizes. It's a triumphant celebration of friendship and a shining love letter to New York City in all of its classic, zany, festive glory. Listeners of Becca Freeman's podcast will recognize her signature effervescent humor, and I bet she'll have a new legion of fans soon thanks to this delightful novel." -- Hannah Orenstein "The Christmas Orphans has everything you could want in a holiday book-treat: sweetness, laughs, and delicious rom-com moments that'll make you jump up and yell, 'Kiss him! Kiss him!' Thank you, Becca Freeman, for an ensemble cast so lovable I wish they were real and could be my friends."
-Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives -- Mary Laura Philpott * Mary Laura Philpott *