And Ladies of the Club | 
|  | | | Title: | And Ladies of the Club | | Author: | Helen Hooven Santmyer | | Publisher: | Berkley Trade | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 April, 2000 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0425174409 / 9780425174401 | | List Price: | $24.95 | | You Save: | $8.48 | | Amazon Price: | $16.47 | |
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A #1 New York Times bestseller--and an American classic--now in trade paperback...
A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, "...And Ladies of the Club" centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come.
"A great novel that is American to its core...so gently memorable, so bursting with life, that those who abandon themselves to its pages will find it claiming a permanent place close to their hearts." --New York Daily News
"A warm, evocative, often hilarious picture of society, culture, politics and family life." --Atlanta Constitution
"A warmly human story...never flags from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly
"It is hard to think of a better place to spend the summer than in [Helen Hooven Santmyer's] world." --Cosmopolitan
"Should not be missed by anyone who has enjoyed the works of Sinclair Lewis, Thornton Wilder or even Laura Ingalls Wilder."--UPI
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• A Stroll Rather Than A Race 17 July, 2008
I read this book in 1984 when it was first published in paperback. I loved it. I found a copy in the discard area at the Library (in good condition) and I am starting to read it again. The Berkley addition published in 1984 has everything the original hardcover edition had. The original front and back covers were beautiful and I am sorry that the reprint version put a different cover on it. This is a long story but it is more like a stroll through the park rather than a race down the hill. I loved the beginning of the chapters that list the old and new members of the Waynesboro Women's Club. It gave me a sense of excitement knowing that I was going to meet new characters. Give it a try - you might find it very enjoyable and hard to forget.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1FMQMYZIQFJE8
• Helen 'hoof' Santmyer 27 January, 2007
"...And Ladies of the Club" is a warm story. It follows a group of women who struggle to comprehend their place in a complicated world, finding solidarity amongst each other in a fellowship for women with club feet, the name of which gives this novel its title. One particular highlight is page 168 where the author describes the relapse of a club foot back to its starting position, calling it "a time-lapsed lilac closing in on itself as the sun sets, creaking." Beautiful.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2752XIGJY2YH6
• An Epic Tale 01 May, 2008
This sweeping saga not only entertains, but educates. I was sadly lacking in my knowledge of the post-civil war era, but after reading this book, I can no longer claim that.
The focus of the book on two main characters, their descendants, their friends, and their town provides a picture that is both intimate and broad. Basing the story in Ohio when most of the elected leaders hailed from that state gave national significance to the lives of the characters.
I was rather disappointed by the second half of the book. It just seemed very depressing and sad for quite a while there. I was also tempted to quit reading it, but fortunately, I did not. The last hundred pages or so really redeemed the second half. The amount of death and destruction in the second half was really just a realistic amount that I am not used to seeing in fiction, especially chick-lit!
I believe I caught a glimpse of the author, both in the main character, Anne, and in the young novelist, Tess Stevens. As the author wrote this book over a period of 50 years, Anne's meditations on growing old probably reflected Santmeyer's own feelings about her aging process. Tess notes that she wants to begin writing a sweeping saga in 1930...which is probably about when Helen began writing "...And Ladies of the Club." It would be gratifying to know more about the history of the author and find correlations between her real life experiences and that of her characters. Unfortunately, I have found little information about her thus far.
Ultimately, it was enjoyable to spend a month in Santmeyer's world.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1IPM23IJ8Q3L4
• The Mother Of Modern Historical Fiction 31 August, 2007
I first read "And Ladies of the Club" during that short time when it was the book to read, in the summer of 1986. I remember going to Shopko and the store aisles stacked with copies of it in blue, green, yellow, and pink. It was over 1,400 pages and I had to have it. It was the first time I had read a historical novel that was not full of sensationalism surrounding major American events, but rather told the everyday story of everyday people. It captured the time period of my grandparents and great-grandparents and gave me insight into my own family history, even though I grew up in Marquette, Michigan, a small town, not too unlike Xenia, Ohio, or the Waynesboro of the novel.
When I started writing my own historical novels, this book was always in the back of my mind. In fact, the idea to name each chapter in my novels for a year I got from Helen Hooven Santmyer. When I wrote my third book, Superior Heritage, I paid tribute to the incredible influence Santmyer had on me by depicting the scene where a character purchases and reads a copy of "And Ladies of the Club" and the front quote to "Superior Heritage" was also based on Santmyer.
This book made me read all of Santmyer's other novels, which I have also enjoyed, but this novel is the one where twenty years after I read it, I can still remember the characters and scenes in the novel vividly as if I had read them, and after living with them for so long since the book is so long, it was almost as if they were my family and I lived in that golden yesterday Santmyer has preserved for us, perhaps better than any other writer of her generation.
READ THIS BOOK!
- Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of The Marquette Trilogy: Iron Pioneers, The Queen City, Superior Heritage
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1XTC3KZJWEQ36
• The Mother Of Modern Historical Fiction 05 September, 2007
I first read "And Ladies of the Club" during that short time when it was the book to read, in the summer of 1986. I remember going to Shopko and the store aisles stacked with copies of it in blue, green, yellow, and pink. It was over 1,400 pages and I had to have it. It was the first time I had read a historical novel that was not full of sensationalism surrounding major American events, but rather told the everyday story of everyday people. It captured the time period of my grandparents and great-grandparents and gave me insight into my own family history, even though I grew up in Marquette, Michigan, a small town, not too unlike Xenia, Ohio, or the Waynesboro of the novel.
When I started writing my own historical novels, this book was always in the back of my mind. In fact, the idea to name each chapter in my novels for a year I got from Helen Hooven Santmyer. When I wrote my third book, Superior Heritage, I paid tribute to the incredible influence Santmyer had on me by depicting the scene where a character purchases and reads a copy of "And Ladies of the Club" and the front quote to "Superior Heritage" was also based on Santmyer.
This book made me read all of Santmyer's other novels, which I have also enjoyed, but this novel is the one where twenty years after I read it, I can still remember the characters and scenes in the novel vividly as if I had read them, and after living with them for so long since the book is so long, it was almost as if they were my family and I lived in that golden yesterday Santmyer has preserved for us, perhaps better than any other writer of her generation.
READ THIS BOOK!
- Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of The Marquette Trilogy: Iron Pioneers, The Queen City, Superior Heritage, all available on Amazon
- Reviewed by customer ID: AVRVACFKJ5QMM
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