{"product_id":"9780345502834","title":"The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eClayton, Meg Waite\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBallantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/5\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • Friendship, loyalty, and love lie at the heart of this beautifully  written, poignant, and sweeping novel of five women who, over the course of four  decades, come to redefine what it means to be family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This generous and inventive book is a delight to read, an evocation of the power of friendship to sustain, encourage, and embolden us. Join the sisterhood!”—Karen Joy Fowler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor thirty-five years, Frankie,  Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally have met every Wednesday at the park near their homes  in Palo Alto, California. Defined when they first meet by what their husbands do,  the young homemakers and mothers are far removed from the Summer of Love that has  enveloped most of the Bay Area in 1967. These “Wednesday Sisters” seem to have little  in common: Frankie is a timid transplant from Chicago, brutally blunt Linda is a  remarkable athlete, Kath is a Kentucky debutante, quiet Ally has a secret, and quirky,  ultra-intelligent Brett wears little white gloves with her miniskirts. But they are  bonded by a shared love of both literature—Fitzgerald, Eliot, Austen, du Maurier,  Plath, and Dickens–and the Miss America Pageant, which they watch together every  year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the years roll on and their children grow, the quintet forms a writers  circle to express their hopes and dreams through poems, stories, and, eventually,  books. Along the way, they experience history in the making: Vietnam, the race for  the moon, and a women’s movement that challenges everything they have ever thought  about themselves, while at the same time supporting one another through changes in  their personal lives brought on by infidelity, longing, illness, failure, and success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Humorous and moving, The Wednesday Sisters is a literary feast for book lovers  that earns a place among those popular works that honor the joyful, mysterious, unbreakable  bonds between friends.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43352095949055,"sku":"9780345502834","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780345502834_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587883","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780345502834","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}