Our book for May is The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton. We still need a host and a discussion leader, if anyone would like to volunteer.
From Booklist
Set during the summer of 1968 in Palo Alto, California, Clayton’s novel chronicles the lives of five women who conduct a weekly writing group at their neighborhood park. Frankie is an unassuming midwesterner whose inventor husband brings them to the burgeoning Silicon Valley. She meets Linda, the all-American athlete; Kath, the southern belle; Brett, the enigmatic scientist; and Ally, the shy bohemian. The women share their feelings about marriage and motherhood and together mourn the assassination of Robert Kennedy and watch as man walks on the moon and feminists protest the Miss America pageant. They support one another through illness, infertility, racism, and infidelity—and encourage each other through publishers’ rejections. Readers will be swept up by this moving novel about female friendship and enthralled by the recounting of a pivotal year in American history as seen through these young women’s eyes. --Aleksandra Walker --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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There is even a short video trailer for the book.
I liked the historical aspect of this book. They brought up different things going on at that time and you saw how it impacted their lives.
ReplyDeleteWe talked about the friendship aspect quite a bit during our discussion. Also the white gloves!
ReplyDeleteThank you to everyone who made it to the discussion. I know baseball, softball, soccer, concert, etc. seasons are tough! I thought the discussion was better than the book. Friendship is something to which we can all relate and comment. I think all of us have had to lean on our friends for help at one time or another.
ReplyDeleteI did like the historical information, but felt the author could have gone a bit deeper with that. It did bring back memories of watching the Moon landing in 1969, and of marching with my mom's League of Women Voter's group in the early 70's.