{"product_id":"the-calamity-club-9780241796900","title":"The Calamity Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e“You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away—she’ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOxford, Mississippi, 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she’s been one of the “unadoptable” big girls at the town’s orphanage where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she meets Birdie, a young woman set on confronting the socialite sister who believes she’s left her impoverished family behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg’s future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister’s charmed life is balanced precariously upon 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\u003cp\u003eDrawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women. But in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold, heartwarming, and riotously funny, The Calamity Club is 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kathryn Stockett\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kathryn Stockett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320472969594,"sku":"9780241796900","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241796900.jpg?v=1790654235","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-calamity-club-9780241796900","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}