{"product_id":"the-calamity-club","title":"The Calamity Club","description":"\u003ch4\u003eKathryn Stockett | Paperback | May 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKathryn Stockett’s first novel since the global bestselling phenomenon THE HELP: the sweeping story of a group of underestimated women and an 11-year-old orphan girl whose fates converge in Mississippi in 1933\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOxford, Mississippi, 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBold, heartwarming, and riotously funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Calamity Club \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story of resilience and friendship, and a sisterhood of underestimated women who risk everything to take back control of their fates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details js-book-details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-gutters\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__column\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data  mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-author-about__desc\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Stockett\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Mississippi and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49388859228327,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/calamityClub.jpg?v=1777957008","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-calamity-club","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}