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The Saturday Evening Girls Club
Jane Healey
Lake Union Publishing
May 2017
On Sale: April 25, 2017
ISBN: 1503943275 EAN: 9781503943278 Trade Size
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Women's Fiction Historical | Historical
For four young immigrant women living in Boston’s North End in the
early 1900s, escaping tradition doesn’t come easy. But at least they
have one another and the Saturday Evening Girls Club, a social pottery-
making group offering respite from their hectic home lives—and hope
for a better future. Ambitious Caprice dreams of opening her own hat shop, which clashes
with the expectations of her Sicilian-born parents. Brilliant Ada secretly
takes college classes despite the disapproval of her Russian Jewish
father. Stunning Maria could marry anyone yet guards her heart to
avoid the fate of her Italian Catholic mother, broken down by an
alcoholic husband. And shy Thea is torn between asserting herself and
embracing an antiquated Jewish tradition. The friends face family clashes and romantic entanglements, career
struggles and cultural prejudice. But through their unfailing bond,
forged through their weekly gathering, they’ll draw strength—and the
courage to transform their immigrant stories into the American lives of
their dreams.
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