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The Briar Club: A Novel: A Thrilling and Powerful Story of Female Friendships and Secrets
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.
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What I Liked: Historical fiction focusing on career women in Washington D.C. during the 1950's McCarthy era.
What I Disliked: This read as a set of short stories, rather than the style of the author's other historical fiction. Grace's story should have been a stand alone novel.
Our group loved this book! We especially enjoyed the information in the back where she shared the historical events and people behind the people and events in the book.
This was my first Kate Quinn book I have read and I will definitely read more of hers. I was interested in this book because I wanted to step away from the WWII books for awhile. Change it up, so to speak. I enjoyed reading about each woman’s life, however, I felt sometimes it was a bit too long and I wanted Quinn to get to the point. Other than that, I loved the story and the time period!
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book for all of the female characters, set in the backdrop of historical events in post-war McCarthy-era Washington DC. I particularly enjoyed each character getting their own back-storyline. The independent women (for the time) helped propel the story through a variety of issues, with their own personalities. I both listened to the audiobook and read - and frankly, because of this, didn’t rally have to put it down, and could just plow through and enjoy this marvelous story. The audiobook had an interview with the author and the narrator, which I highly recommend.
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