The Saturday Evening Girls Club, Jane Healey
The Saturday Evening Girls Club, Jane Healey
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The Saturday Evening Girls Club

Author: Jane Healey

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/25/2017

Synopsis

In Boston’s North End, four immigrant women leave childhood behind—but never one another. For four young immigrant women living in Boston’s North End in the early 1900s, escaping tradition doesn’t come easy. But at least they have one another and the Saturday Evening Girls Club, a social pottery-making group offering respite from their hectic home lives—and hope for a better future.Ambitious Caprice dreams of opening her own hat shop, which clashes with the expectations of her Sicilian-born parents. Brilliant Ada secretly takes college classes despite the disapproval of her Russian Jewish father. Stunning Maria could marry anyone yet guards her heart to avoid the fate of her Italian Catholic mother, broken down by an alcoholic husband. And shy Thea is torn between asserting herself and embracing an antiquated Jewish tradition.The friends face family clashes and romantic entanglements, career struggles and cultural prejudice. But through their unfailing bond, forged through their weekly gathering, they’ll draw strength—and the courage to transform their immigrant stories into the American lives of their dreams.

About Jane Healey

Jane Healey is a bestselling author of historical fiction. Her novels include her debut The Saturday Evening Girls Club and The Beantown Girls, a Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. Her third novel The Secret Stealers, a WWII spy thriller, was an Amazon First Reads Editor’s Pick and a Historical Novel Society’s Editors’ Choice pick. Her latest novel, Goodnight from Paris, inspired by the life of Hollywood actress Drue Leyton, released in March 2023.Jane is also the host of Historical Happy Hour, a monthly webinar and podcast featuring premiere historical fiction authors and their latest books.A graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern University, Jane shares a home north of Boston with her husband, two daughters, two cats, and one teacup golden doodle.Website: https://janehealey.comPodcast: https://www.historicalhappyhour.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/JaneHealeyBooksTwitter and Instagram: @healeyjaneYouTube: https://bit.ly/2O3c72b

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on April 24, 2017

Four women forged a friendship that changed their lives one week at a time. **** Let me start by writing while reading THE SATURDAY EVENING GIRLS CLUB, I kept hearing in my head, "nevertheless, she persisted." It's the battle cry for Women standing together today as part  the Women's March. We will no......more

Goodreads review by Piper on August 28, 2017

There's going to be a sequel right? A great story of warmth, love, and friendship. I need to make sure Maria and Ada are OK. Sequel please!......more

Goodreads review by Amy on September 16, 2018

Oh this was the ultimate book of friendship! Set in 1908 in Boston, just over the course of a few months of that year, it traces the changing life course and deep bonds of four young women. Caprice, Ada, Thea, and Maria. Two are Italian, two are Russian Jewish. Each of the four is expected to fulfil......more

Goodreads review by Marie on August 14, 2018

I do not understand why this book has so many positive reviews. The writing is very amateurish, the dialogue riddled with anachronisms ("Hey"?), and the plot trite and predictable. Having the plot center around the 4 girls while also focusing on their parents, the women who founded the club, all 4 o......more

Goodreads review by Donna on June 23, 2021

The Saturday Evening Girls Club This book was an enjoyable, satisfying read. 3.5 stars, probably. It was light and easy to read. A perfect beach read. The story was set in 1908-1909, but nothing in the story or language anchored it in that time. I felt a little bit disoriented from that angle. The st......more

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