Will she find out tonight how that story will end? Jeannie's father is having an affair with her best friend. Marnie's oldest daughter has a risky pregnancy. Stories that, somehow, are always emblematic of the year that has just passed.rnrnThis year, the stories are especially important. Everyone has to bring a dish and a bottle of wine and, as they eat, they take turns telling the story of the cookies they have baked. Each of us knew the answer for herself.rnrnEvery year on the first Monday of December, Marnie and her twelve closest girlfriends gather with batches of beautifully wrapped homemade cookies. What would we do without one another? It was a statement, not a question.
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