Kathryn Stockett
Calamity Club

Name: Calamity Club
Brand: Antikvariát Avion
SKU: 5259587
Price: 449 CZK
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780241796917

2026 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

'Smart, funny, and driven by unforgettable characters ... a must-read' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry'With exquisite storytelling and unforgettable characters, The Calamity Club is a joyful, heartbreaking, heartwarming read. I loved it so much' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things"You …give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away-she'll grow fierce and wild to get it back."Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she's been one of the "unadoptable" big girls at the town's orphanage where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.When she meets Birdie, a young woman set on confronting the socialite sister who believes she's left her impoverished family behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg's future.But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's charmed life is balanced precariously upon a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman haunted by loss who has been pushed to the brink with nothing left to lose.Drawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women. But in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences...Bold, heartwarming, and riotously funny, The Calamity Club is an unforgettable story of resilience and friendship, and a sisterhood of underestimated women who risk everything to take back control of their fates._PRAISE FOR THE HELP'Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic' MARIAN KEYES'Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant' Daily Telegraph'A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read' Marie Claire'Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended' Daily Mail 'Smart, funny, and driven by unforgettable characters ... a must-read' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry'With exquisite storytelling and unforgettable characters, The Calamity Club is a jo…yful, heartbreaking, heartwarming read. I loved it so much' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things"You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away-she'll grow fierce and wild to get it back."Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she's been one of the "unadoptable" big girls at the town's orphanage where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.When she meets Birdie, a young woman set on confronting the socialite sister who believes she's left her impoverished family behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg's future.But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's charmed life is balanced precariously upon a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman haunted by loss who has been pushed to the brink with nothing left to lose.Drawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women. But in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences...Bold, heartwarming, and riotously funny, The Calamity Club is an unforgettable story of resilience and friendship, and a sisterhood of underestimated women who risk everything to take back control of their fates._PRAISE FOR THE HELP'Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic' MARIAN KEYES'Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant' Daily Telegraph'A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read' Marie Claire'Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended' Daily Mail

Stav

Nová

Skladem do týdne Odešleme nejpozději 22. 5. 2026

O knize

Stav:

Nová

Vazba:

Brožovaná

Počet stran:

637

Jazyk:

anglicky

ISBN10:

0241796911

ISBN:

9780241796917

Vydání:

Vystaveno:

5. 5. 2026 14:41

Číslo položky:

1731394

O autorovi

Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett se narodila v americkém městě Jackson ve státě Mississippi. Poté, co vystudovala na univerzitě angličtinu a tvůrčí psaní, se odstěhovala do New Yorku a devět let pracovala v redakcích časopisů a marketingu. Nyní žije s manželem a dcerou v Atlantě. Její debutový román Černobílý svět, jenž se stal krátce po vydání knižní senzací, předtím odmítlo padesát literárních agentů. Nyní se více než rok drží mezi nejprodávanějšími romány současnosti a připravuje se jeho filmová verze.

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