The Wednesday Sisters, Meg Waite Clayton
The Wednesday Sisters, Meg Waite Clayton
List: $25.99 | Sale: $18.20
Club: $12.99

The Wednesday Sisters

Author: Meg Waite Clayton

Narrator: Julie Dretzin

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/20/2008

Synopsis

Meg Waite Clayton, St. Martin's Fresh Fiction Pick author and Bellwether Prize Finalist, delights millions with her endearing stories and authentic characters. In this compelling tale of humor and poignancy, five young California homemakers forge a bond of friendship that sustains them through the turbulent 1960s and beyond. Meeting weekly, the Wednesday Sisters share a love of writing, literary classics, and the Miss America Pageant-in a moving testament to the mysterious link between friends.

About Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of eight previous novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz Pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and The Wednesday Sisters. Her books have been published in twenty-four languages, and have been finalists for the Bellwether Prize (now the PEN Bellwether), the National Jewish Book Award, and the Langum Prize. She also writes for major newspapers and magazines, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. She lives in California and Connecticut. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on November 07, 2022

Enjoyable book about a group of women in the late 60s/early 70s who become friends and then form a writing group. I have had this book on my shelves for a long time, and I decided that it's about time to start reading or start culling! So yay for the TBR Takedown and I will be diligently working on......more

Goodreads review by Alina on June 11, 2016

Here's what I believe: we need The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton. Clayton's stories will help third- and fourth-wave feminists avoid political matricide. The pungent stench of fear and powerlessness that Clayton's characters face at critical junctures in their lives are--in a large part--his......more

Goodreads review by Tera on May 08, 2024

I really liked this book. It made me think of my best friends and the bond of friendship among women. Meg captures all of that beautifully. The other thing I really appreciated about this book is it wasn't a male bashing - woman's power sort of book. There are good men in it, great men and a crappy......more

Goodreads review by Linda on September 10, 2008

They're not sisters and they don't meet on Wednesdays,; not anymore. The Wednesday Sisters...Frankie, Allie, Linda, Kath and Brett...are five women who meet in the park in 1968. Strong, smart and talented, they grew up in the 1950s when women became wives and mothers, not realizing it was possible t......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on March 19, 2011

I liked this book as a quick beach-read. There is no plot to this story; it reads as more of a memoir-style book. It had enough references to past pop-culture to make it relevant to me, but didn’t get bogged down in them…which kept the story moving along. However, I thought the character were uneven......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List