“Smart, funny, and driven by unforgettable characters whose opinions and actions leap off the page, this is a must-read.” Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
Kathryn Stockett is back with her first novel since 2009’s The Help , which has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. PBS The Great American Read nominated it as one of America’s best-loved novels. Set in 1933 in Oxford, Mississippi, in The Calamity Club, 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. This novel is an epic testament to resilience, friendship, and the fierce, funny women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings.
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She lives in New York City and Mississippi. Her first novel, The Help , about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s was a worldwide bestseller.