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Friendship loyalty and love lie at the heart of Meg Waite Claytonsbeautifully written poignant and sweeping novel of five women who over thecourse of four decades come to redefine what it means to be family. Forthirtyfive years Frankie Linda Kath Brett and Ally have met everyWednesday at the park near their homes in Palo Alto California. Defined whenthey first meet by what their husbands do the young homemakers and mothers arefar removed from the Summer of Love that has enveloped most of the Bay Area in1967. These Wednesday Sisters seem to have little in common Frankie is atimid transplant from Chicago brutally blunt Linda is a remarkable athleteKath is a Kentucky debutante quiet Ally has a secret and quirky ultraintelligent Brett wears little white gloves with her miniskirts. But they arebonded by a shared love of both literatureFitzgerald Eliot Austen duMaurier Plath and Dickensand the Miss America Pageant which they watchtogether every year. As the years roll on and their children grow the quintetforms a writers circle to express their hopes and dreams through poemsstories and eventually books. Along the way they experience history in themaking Vietnam the race for the moon and a womens movement that challengeseverything they have ever thought about themselves while at the same timesupporting one another through changes in their personal lives brought on byinfidelity longing illness failure and success. Humorous and moving TheWednesday Sisters is a literary feast for book lovers that earns a place amongthose popular works that honor the joyful mysterious unbreakable bondsbetween friends. From theHardcover edition. «
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