The Calamity Club is the kind of novel book clubs love: historical drama, buried secrets, complicated sisters, impossible choices, and women behaving just badly enough to become unforgettable.
Set in 1933 Oxford, Mississippi, the story follows Meg Lefleur, an 11-year-old girl trapped in a cruel orphanage, and Birdie Calhoun, a practical young woman who arrives in town looking for a family loan. But Birdie soon discovers that wealth, respectability, and charity are not always what they seem.
When Meg’s mother returns with the truth about why she disappeared, Birdie is drawn into a bold and scandalous plan to bring Meg home. Along the way, the novel explores motherhood, class, shame, sisterhood, and the price of survival.
Dramatic, sharp, and deeply emotional, The Calamity Club is a story about women who stop asking permission.
