About this Event
Rosebud Bookshop - Contemporary Fiction Book Club - The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Join Florentine to discuss The Calamity Club!
You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away she ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.
Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she s been one of the 'unadoptable' girls at the town's orphanage, where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.
When she meets Birdie, a young woman who has come to Oxford determined to remind her socialite sister of the impoverished family she left behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg's future.
But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie begins to suspect her sister's charmed life may be founded on a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman haunted by loss who has been pushed to the brink with nothing left to lose.
Drawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women.
Moderator: Florentine
This is an in person event taking place at R. de Cedofeita, 634.
Read in your preferred language. Discussion in English
Order your book through Rosebud and receive a 10% discount!
Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Event venue & nearby stays
R. de Cedofeita 634, 634 Rua de Cedofeita, Porto, Portugal
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