{"product_id":"the-calamity-club-9781954118812","title":"The Calamity Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe multimillion-copy-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what's rightfully theirs--and the power of friendship to change everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A must-read.\"--Bonnie Garmus, author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1933 Oxford, Mississippi, Prohibition is on the wane, and the Great Depression is tightening its grip. Poor and rich folks alike have fallen on hard times, even as the old social order remains. For women on the margins, the options are few and the price of dignity and self-determination is unbearably high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Meg, one of the unadoptable \"big girls\" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford on a mission to ask her social-climbing sister to help the struggling family she's left behind. And Charlie is a woman with a past, running low on luck but driven by fire, fury, and grit. When their fates converge, they come up with an audacious plan to take back control of their lives. Together, they form an unlikely sisterhood--but in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife, women's freedom is fragile, and making an enemy can have dire consequences, will the price they pay for their outrageous risk-taking be too high?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Calamity Club\u003c\/i\u003e will make you laugh, cry, and cheer--an epic testament to resilience, friendship, and the fierce, funny women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious--the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Stockett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954118812","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44609119518765,"sku":"9781954118812","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_3072e995-b49c-444c-94cb-8e70ad13da7e.jpg?v=1770910009","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-calamity-club-9781954118812","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}