{"product_id":"the-calamity-club-kathryn-stockett","title":"The Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"product-short-description text-large\"\u003eThe Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-2b6daa75=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-1d2b534b=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eKathryn Stockett’s first novel since the global bestselling phenomenon The Help: the sweeping story of a group of underestimated women and an 11-year-old orphan girl whose fates converge in Mississippi in 1933\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOxford, Mississippi, 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEver since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she’s been one of the 'unadoptable' girls at the town’s orphanage, where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen she meets Birdie, a young woman who has come to Oxford determined to remind her socialite sister of the impoverished family she left behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg’s future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie begins to suspect her sister’s charmed life may be founded on 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBold, heartwarming, and riotously funny,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Calamity Club\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story of resilience and friendship and a sisterhood of underestimated women who risk everything to take back control of their fates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\nProduct Details:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-field product-field-type-S\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eISBN:               \u003cspan\u003e9780241796917\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-publisher\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePublisher         Penguin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-imprint\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eImprint:           Fig Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-pub date\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePub Date:        5\u003cspan\u003e May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-page extent\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePage Extent:    656\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-format\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eFormat:           Trade \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-field-display\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44339134660659,"sku":"9780241796917","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0261\/5699\/0515\/files\/9780241796917.jpg?v=1779576249","url":"https:\/\/www.citybooks.co.nz\/products\/the-calamity-club-kathryn-stockett","provider":"City Books \u0026 Lotto","version":"1.0","type":"link"}