The Cemetery Club

by Ivan Menchell

Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet-tempered and ready to begin a new life. Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun. Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida but are guilt-stricken when this nearly breaks Ida’s heart. This is a heart-warming story of true friendship and the constant struggle for love.