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:
19 copies, 55 people are on the wait list.
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 Jul 30, 2025
Location
Call Number
Status
Branford/Blackstone New Adult Fiction
FICTION BOSTWICK
Due Jul 30, 2025
Durham New Fiction
FIC BOSTWICK
In Transit
East Haddam/Moodus New Adult
FIC BOS
Due Jul 8, 2025
East Hampton New Adult Fiction
FIC BOS
Due Jul 16, 2025
East Lyme Public New Fiction
Bostwick, Marie (Book)
In Transit
Essex Adult Fiction New
(NEW) BOSTWICK
Due Jul 15, 2025
Gales Ferry (LPL) New Fiction
F Bostwick
Due Jul 15, 2025
Guilford New Adult Fiction
FIC BOSTWICK
On Holdshelf
Hamden/Miller New Adult Fiction
FIC/BOSTWICK
In Transit
Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction - New
F BOSTWICK
Due Jul 21, 2025
Meriden New Adult Fiction
FIC BOSTWICK
Due Jul 15, 2025
North Haven Adult New Fiction
Fiction Bostwick, Marie
Due Jul 18, 2025
Old Lyme New A Fiction - New
FIC BOSTWICK
Due Jul 25, 2025
Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
NEW F BOSTWICK
In Transit
Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
New Fiction Bostwick
Billed
Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace New Adult Fiction
FIC BOS
In Transit
Wallingford NEW Adult Fiction
BOSTWICK
Due Jul 24, 2025
Woodbridge New Adult Fiction
FIC BOSTWICK
Due Jul 30, 2025
More Details
Language:
English
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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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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