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And Ladies of the Club
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by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Sales Rank: 71221
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List Price: $24.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 1184 pages
Published by: Berkley Trade April 1, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0425174409
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0425174401
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 2.2 inches
Weighs: 2.4 pounds
Book Description
A #1 New York Times bestseller--and an American classic--now in trade paperback
A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, "And Ladies of the Club" centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come.
"A great novel that is American to its coreso gently memorable, so bursting with life, that those who abandon themselves to its pages will find it claiming a permanent place close to their hearts." --New York Daily News
"A warm, evocative, often hilarious picture of society, culture, politics and family life." --Atlanta Constitution
"A warmly human storynever flags from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly
"It is hard to think of a better place to spend the summer than in [Helen Hooven Santmyer's] world." --Cosmopolitan
"Should not be missed by anyone who has enjoyed the works of Sinclair Lewis, Thornton Wilder or even Laura Ingalls Wilder."--UPI
About The Author
Helen Hooven Santmyer was born in 1895 and lived in Xenia, Ohio. In addition to her career as a writer, she worked as an English professor, a dean of women, and a librarian.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: And Ladies of the Club (Paperback)
This book was all the rage back in the early 80's when Book-of-the-Month Club made it a main selection. It was written by a comparatively unknown, elderly resident of a nursing home (who, I believe, died fairly shortly after the book's publication). For a short time everybody was talking about "...And Ladies of the Club". Fourteen years later, not many people remember the hoopla. But if a book is any good, it's still good even after the glitter fades. And this one is GOOD. I finally got around to reading it this year, partly because my wife read it and loved it. It is long (1100+ pages) but NOT difficult. I found the book hard to get "into" for the first one or two hundred pages, because there were many characters, and there hadn't been time to flesh out the personalities and relationships. But I am VERY glad that I stuck it out. Eventually the characters become vividly defined: lovable, hateable, and recognizable. The book is the story of a fictional medium-sized town in southern Ohio, from just after the Civil War to the beginning of the Depression. The story is told primarily through the eyes of a women's book club, and focuses particularly on two of the club's members and their families. All the important themes of life are explored: love, race, jealousy, religion, war, politics, business, literature, education, family relationships, and death. If you read this book, you will be both moved to tears and richly educated in American history. How much more can you ask of one book?
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