The book club for troublesome women: a novel
(Book)
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Published:
Nashville, Tennessee : Harper Muse, 2025.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
372 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
13 copies, 45 people are on the wait list.
1 copy on order.
1 copy on order.
Description
"Margaret Ryan never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution in her buttoned-up suburb"--
By early 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan, Viv Buschetti, and Bitsy Cobb, suburban housewives in a brand-new "planned community" in Northern Virginia, appear to have it all. The fact that "all" doesn't feel like enough leaves them feeling confused and guilty, certain the fault must lie with them. Things begin to change when they form a book club with Charlotte Gustafson--the eccentric and artsy "new neighbor" from Manhattan--and read Betty Friedan's just-released book, The Feminine Mystique. Controversial and groundbreaking, the book struck a chord with an entire generation of women, helping them realize that they weren't alone in their dissatisfactions, or their longings, lifting their eyes to new horizons of possibility and achievement. Margaret, Charlotte, Bitsy, and Viv are among them. But is it really the book that alters the lives of these four very different women? Or is it the bond of sisterhood that helps them find courage to confront the past, navigate turmoil in a rapidly changing world, and see themselves in a new and limitless light?
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Middlefield/Coe New Adult Collection
FIC Bostwick
Due May 19, 2025
Location
Call Number
Status
Durham New Fiction
FIC BOSTWICK
Due May 27, 2025
East Haddam/Moodus New Adult
FIC BOS
In Transit
East Hampton New Adult Fiction
FIC BOS
Due May 16, 2025
Hamden/Miller New Adult Fiction
FIC/BOSTWICK
Due May 27, 2025
Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction - New
F BOSTWICK
Due May 21, 2025
Old Lyme New A Fiction - New
FIC BOSTWICK
Due May 21, 2025
Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
NEW F BOSTWICK
On Holdshelf
Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
New Fiction Bostwick
Due May 20, 2025
Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace New Adult Fiction
FIC BOS
Due May 15, 2025
Wallingford NEW Adult Fiction
BOSTWICK
Due May 28, 2025
Woodbridge New Adult Fiction
FIC BOSTWICK
Due May 29, 2025
Branford/Blackstone New Adult Fiction
FICTION BOSTWICK
On Order
Location
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Status
East Lyme Public Library On Order
ON ORDER
On Order
More Details
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9781400344741, 1400344743
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
Description
"Margaret Ryan never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution in her buttoned-up suburb"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
By early 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan, Viv Buschetti, and Bitsy Cobb, suburban housewives in a brand-new "planned community" in Northern Virginia, appear to have it all. The fact that "all" doesn't feel like enough leaves them feeling confused and guilty, certain the fault must lie with them. Things begin to change when they form a book club with Charlotte Gustafson--the eccentric and artsy "new neighbor" from Manhattan--and read Betty Friedan's just-released book, The Feminine Mystique. Controversial and groundbreaking, the book struck a chord with an entire generation of women, helping them realize that they weren't alone in their dissatisfactions, or their longings, lifting their eyes to new horizons of possibility and achievement. Margaret, Charlotte, Bitsy, and Viv are among them. But is it really the book that alters the lives of these four very different women? Or is it the bond of sisterhood that helps them find courage to confront the past, navigate turmoil in a rapidly changing world, and see themselves in a new and limitless light?
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Bostwick, M. (2025). The book club for troublesome women: a novel. Harper Muse.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bostwick, Marie. 2025. The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel. Harper Muse.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bostwick, Marie, The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel. Harper Muse, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bostwick, Marie. The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel. Harper Muse, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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