The cover of 'The Calamity Club' by Kathryn Stockett
Blue bird with outstretched wings in flight against a transparent background.

The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything.

“A must-read.”—Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry

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Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help and the new book Calamity Club

Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. Her first novel, The Help, has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.

The Help

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

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