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The dirty book club : a novel / Lisi Harrison.
"From the author of the bestselling series "The Clique" comes Lisi Harrison's debut adult novel about four modern-day strangers who inherit a dirty book club that was started in the 1960s. As four unlikely friends bond over naughty bestsellers, each woman shares not only the intimate details of her own sex life, but all areas of her life. Inspired by the characters in the novels they read - and the notes passed down by the club's original members - the new members of The Dirty Book Club help each other find the courage to rewrite their own stories and risk it all for a happy ending."--Provided by the publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451695977 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 313 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| Subject: | Book clubs (Discussion groups) > Fiction. Self-realization in women > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Boissevain-Morton Library | F/Harrison (Text) | 36266000293477 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC HAR (Text) | 35146002045474 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC HAR (Text)
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| Elkford Public Library | FC HAR (Text) | 35170000420042 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC HAR (Text) | 35246000934438 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Portage la Prairie Regional Library | AF HAR (Text) | 3675000212689 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Shilo Community Library | F HAR (Text) | 36772000324022 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Terrace Public Library | HAR (Text) | 35151001051580 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF HARRI (Text) | TRL22588 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC HARR (Text) | 30886001044508 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-06 |
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 August #1
Four women become unlikely allies when chosen to take over an existing "Dirty Book Club" in Harrison's first novel for adults.It's easy to get a bit confused following the events of this novel. There are four present-day female characters of note and four ladies from the past (not dead, though it sometimes feels that way), and each of the eight women struggles with her relationships, so there's a lot to track. The location is the fictional Pearl Beach, California, and the nominal protagonist is M.J., who moves there in a huff after her promotion at a New York City magazine goes awry, though she tells herselfâand othersâthat she moved to be with her boyfriend, Dan. Dan lives next door to Gloria Golden, one of the Dirty Book Club founders, who, when her husband dies, swiftly moves to Paris with the other founding members, fulfilling a 54-year-old promise and leaving behind a bevy of rituals and instructions for M.J. and three others: Addie, the sexually liberated cy nic, Jules, the sweet Southern romantic, and Britt, the sharp-tongued but disillusioned wife/mother/realtor. Initially, the women are (at best) wary of each other, and Harrison is snarky toward all of them, giving much of the book a sharp feel that is sometimes funny but lacks the warmth that appears when the original members make an appearanceâthey're glimpsed through the notes they took after each of their book-club meetings and seem a very Ya-Ya bunch. But the modern women bond over their respective predicaments, a handful of high jinks, and a lot of talk about what one should expect from a romantic relationship and how friendship can potentially fill in the gaps. There are many loose threads, though the ending is a relatively happy one. To her credit, in the knots she does tie up, Harrison avoids easy or expected solutions to complicated, adult situations. Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
In the early 1960s, a group of young women form a clandestine book club as a way of supporting one another and to provide an escape from the men in their lives. When the time comes to pass on their secrets to a new generation of women, they pick an unlikely group, who are virtual strangers, including M.J., recently relocated from New York City to the small California town where the book club meets; Britt, a local real estate agent with a slacker husband; Jules, a party planner who is estranged from her high school sweetheart husband; and Addie, a free spirit with no intention of settling down. Against all odds, the group meets according to the terms set up by the original members, but as the new gals struggle to form a similar bond, the future of the club is put in jeopardy. Verdict This first adult novel by popular YA writer Harrison (License To Spill; Pretenders) draws the reader in with an intimately believable portrayal of women's friendship. For fans of women's fiction and chick lit such as the works of Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella.âKaren Core, Detroit P.L. (c) Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
