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The Wednesday Sisters

By: Meg Waite Clayton
Narrated by: Julie Dretzin
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For 35 years, Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally have met every Wednesday at the park near their homes in Palo Alto, California. Defined when they first meet by what their husbands do, the young homemakers and mothers are far removed from the Summer of Love that has enveloped most of the Bay Area in 1967. These "Wednesday Sisters" seem to have little in common: Frankie is a timid transplant from Chicago, brutally blunt Linda is a remarkable athlete, Kath is a Kentucky debutante, quiet Ally has a secret, and quirky, ultra-intelligent Brett wears little white gloves with her miniskirts. But they are bonded by a shared love of both literature - Fitzgerald, Eliot, Austen, du Maurier, Plath, and Dickens - and the Miss America Pageant, which they watch together every year.

As the years roll on and their children grow, the quintet forms a writers circle to express their hopes and dreams through poems, stories, and, eventually, books. Along the way, they experience history in the making: Vietnam, the race for the moon, and a women's movement that challenges everything they have ever thought about themselves, while at the same time supporting one another through changes in their personal lives brought on by infidelity, longing, illness, failure, and success.

©2008 Meg Waite Clayton (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Fiction Inspiring
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I enjoyed the fact that just like in many found relationships, getting through the ups and downs of life is better with friends.

The found sisterhood

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This story will appeal to women who are from the Baby Boomer generation. It’s about women their friendship, their personal challenges and their triumphs through the years. I enjoyed my own nostalgic memories of the 60’s and 70’s while listening to this well narrated book! It was a touching and familiar story that was positive and left you feeling good!

Good Break

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A brilliant vision of 1960’s-70’s in Northern California and the beauty of woman and their friendships!

Woman Rock

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The story is a lovely historical fiction novel that gives insight into the mom life with young kids in the 1970s. I appreciated that it mentioned the various political issues of the time but didn’t focus too heavily on them. I was particularly impressed with the narrator, who performed the various accents practically flawlessly.

Impressive Performance

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I absolutely loved this book. I usually only listen to books while I'm at the gym but I couldn't stop listening to this one! I couldn't wait to get back to it and hated to turn it off.

Loved it!

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If you could sum up The Wednesday Sisters in three words, what would they be?

Engaging. Touching. Unforgettable.

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This book accomplishes the right balance between humor and conflict showing each characters at their best and their worst. A book whose characters will stay with you long after you read the last page.

A Grand Story of Friendships--You Must Read It!

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This book is not very engaging. She has used a standard format of a group of friends, all fitting standard stereotypes and not developed the characters beyond that. Formula book.

Disappointing

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Sorry: ridiculous storyline, predictable, shallow trying to be profound. People with real lives will listen to this and shake their heads. Can not express how much of a waste this book was. I had to read this for a book review club, thought I might have to shoot myself, I could feel my brain cells dying with the turning of every page. I thought the characters some of the most lame and pathetic personalities ever! With so many terrific books out there !? This book is embarrassing, oh my goodness(!) don't waste your time!!

Uh? No.

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This book was as predictable and ridiculous as the characters it portrayed. Very shallow Could not identify with a single woman in the story.

Trite

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