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Books like The Calamity Club
All the Forgivenesses
After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.
All the Forgivenesses 93%
After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
A one-armed boy. A whistle-stop cafe. Two women whose love needed no name.
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop 93%
A one-armed boy. A whistle-stop cafe. Two women whose love needed no name.
Take My Hand
A Black nurse in 1970s Alabama discovers her clinic is sterilizing the young sisters she serves.
Take My Hand 93%
A Black nurse in 1970s Alabama discovers her clinic is sterilizing the young sisters she serves.
The Giver of Stars
An English bride joins a packhorse library in 1930s Kentucky and discovers a sisterhood under siege.
The Giver of Stars 93%
An English bride joins a packhorse library in 1930s Kentucky and discovers a sisterhood under siege.
One Good Mama Bone
A poor widow raises her dead friend's boy, guided by a cow's fierce, wordless love.
One Good Mama Bone 93%
A poor widow raises her dead friend's boy, guided by a cow's fierce, wordless love.
Women of a Promiscuous Nature
1931 North Carolina: solitary cells, forced sterilization. Three women in a reform colony resist.
Women of a Promiscuous Nature 92%
1931 North Carolina: solitary cells, forced sterilization. Three women in a reform colony resist.
The Invention of Wings
Given an enslaved child, a Charleston girl becomes an abolitionist as that child plots her escape.
The Invention of Wings 92%
Given an enslaved child, a Charleston girl becomes an abolitionist as that child plots her escape.
Mother of Pearl
A Black orphan and a white girl, both abandoned, search for home in 1956 Mississippi.
Mother of Pearl 92%
A Black orphan and a white girl, both abandoned, search for home in 1956 Mississippi.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Chicken Hill's Black and Jewish neighbors conspire to rescue a deaf boy from a state asylum.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 92%
Chicken Hill's Black and Jewish neighbors conspire to rescue a deaf boy from a state asylum.
Orphan Train
An elderly woman shares her orphan-train past with the foster teen assigned to clean her attic.
Orphan Train 92%
An elderly woman shares her orphan-train past with the foster teen assigned to clean her attic.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
A blue-skinned packhorse librarian in 1930s Kentucky delivers books while a preacher plots her ruin.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek 92%
A blue-skinned packhorse librarian in 1930s Kentucky delivers books while a preacher plots her ruin.
