The Seven O'Clock Club
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.
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Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria have nothing in common--well, except for one thing: they’ve each experienced a deep personal loss that has led them to an unconventional group meeting, every Tuesday night at seven. A meeting they’ve been particularly selected for that will help them finally move on. At least, that's the claim.
As they warily eye one another and their unnervingly observant group leader, one question hangs over them: why were they chosen? To get the answer, they are going to have to share a whole lot of themselves first. Getting Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria to trust each other is vital--because the real reason they’re connected will shift the ground beneath their feet.
Riveting and wise, The Seven O’Clock Club shows us the courage needed to face your past and the joy that can be found in stepping into your future.
A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK ∙ A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A ZIBBY OWENS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025
Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria have nothing in common--well, except for one thing: they’ve each experienced a deep personal loss that has led them to an unconventional group meeting, every Tuesday night at seven. A meeting they’ve been particularly selected for that will help them finally move on. At least, that's the claim.
As they warily eye one another and their unnervingly observant group leader, one question hangs over them: why were they chosen? To get the answer, they are going to have to share a whole lot of themselves first. Getting Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria to trust each other is vital--because the real reason they’re connected will shift the ground beneath their feet.
Riveting and wise, The Seven O’Clock Club shows us the courage needed to face your past and the joy that can be found in stepping into your future.
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Victoria, Freya, Callum, and Mischa are different people with different stories, when they are respond to an invitation to join an experimental grief group, but they find themselves in the same place with the same desire. “We’ve all of us lived half a life for as long as we can remember. We’re all broken and tired. But…We all want to escape that feeling. We all want to leave our ghosts behind. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done.”
When experimental therapist Genevieve invites them to her home, her intention is to help them. All of them. She wants to find a group of people who didn’t believe they could be saved and help them find a way out by somehow uniting them. “The purpose of this study was to group people together based on their backgrounds and personality traits. I had a theory that if you found the right combination of individuals, together they could help each other to navigate a process that ordinarily they would not have been able to do by themselves.”
“I used to think to have a bond with someone you needed to share similar interests. Now I see that’s not the case at all. I do think you need the same values. The same morals…But the thing that brings people together is sharing. Experiencing life’s up and downs together. That’s what this experience taught me. That I don’t need to be alone.”
“We just have to accept that sometimes people don’t end up where we want them to. But that’s not getting it wrong. That’s just free will…It doesn’t matter how you died. It matters how you lived. And you lived devoting yourself, completely unselfishly, to someone else.” But what if the real reason she brought them here has nothing to do with their loved ones dying. What if bringing them back to this process isn’t only about saving themselves but about saving each other? Amelia Ireland’s The Seven O’Clock Club is a masterpiece.
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