{"product_id":"the-calamity-club","title":"The Calamity Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe instant #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller — Kathryn Stockett's triumphant return, seventeen years after \u003cem\u003eThe Help\u003c\/em\u003e sold fifteen million copies worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOxford, Mississippi, 1933. The Depression has the town by the throat, and three women have run out of ways to play by the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old \u003cstrong\u003eMeg\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the unadoptable “big girls” at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. \u003cstrong\u003eBirdie Calhoun\u003c\/strong\u003e, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her social-climbing sister to help the struggling family she left behind — only to discover her sister's charmed life is a tapestry of lies. And \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie\u003c\/strong\u003e is a woman with a past, running low on luck but driven by fire, fury and grit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their fates converge, they come up with an audacious plan to take back control of their lives. Together they form an unlikely sisterhood — but in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife, women's freedom is fragile, and making an enemy can have dire consequences, will the price of their outrageous risk-taking be too high?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A heart-wrenching, often hilarious story of economic hardship, moral posturing, and the particular yearnings of childless women and motherless girls.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Joyful, heartbreaking, heartwarming. I loved it so much.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eJennie Godfrey\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A must-read.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eBonnie Garmus\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Stockett\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Help\u003c\/em\u003e, sold over fifteen million copies, was translated into thirty-five languages, and became an Oscar-winning film. \u003cem\u003eThe Calamity Club\u003c\/em\u003e — named a most-anticipated book of 2026 by the New York Times, Oprah Daily, Goodreads and a dozen more — is her second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Help\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e, Delia Owens' \u003cem\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/em\u003e — and every book club looking for its next big argument-starter. 656 pages you'll wish were longer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fig Tree (Penguin Random House)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52102240239832,"sku":"9780241796917","price":999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9780241796917.jpg?v=1785445214","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/the-calamity-club","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}