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The Calamity Club
Why we recommend it
The Calamity Club brings together historical fiction, female friendship, and sisterhood. It is a strong match for readers drawn to resilience, darkly funny, and book club read.
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Book-club questions
Spoiler note: These prompts are best explored after everyone has finished the book.
- What draws Meg, Birdie, and Charlie together despite their different circumstances?
- How do reputation and respectability operate as forms of control in 1933 Oxford?
- Was the women’s audacious plan justified by the limited options available to them?
- How does the novel transform “calamity” from misfortune into an opportunity for change?