02411cam a2200313 i 4500 2799944886 TxAuBib 20260629120000.0 260427s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781954118812 1954118813 (OCoLC)1506126098 TxAuBib rda STOCKETT, KATHRYN, author. The Calamity Club : A Novel / Kathryn Stockett. First edition. New York : Spiegel and Grau, [2026] 638 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Publisher Annotation: Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she's left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates—and Meg's—converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan to claim what's rightfully theirs. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women's freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences. The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer—an epic testament to underestimated 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. 656pp., 250K. 20260629. Female friendship Fiction. Orphans Fiction. SISTERHOOD AND SOLIDARITY DADDYS LADIES CHARLESTON MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS SOUTHERN AUTHORS AMERICAN HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MEEMAW COTTON FEMALE FRIENDSHIP NUTMEG RURAL STRUGGLES SMALL TOWN LIFE WOMEN'S RIGHTS ATLANTA UNBREAKABLE WOMEN PENNY PINCHING OVERCOMING HARDSHIPS NASHVILLE. Historical fiction. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft