The Calamity Club

Kathryn Stockett

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Fig Tree
21 June 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction; Fiction: special features

Kathryn Stockett's first novel since the global bestselling phenomenon THE HELP- the sweeping story of a group of underestimated women and an 11-year-old orphan girl whose fates converge in Mississippi in 1933

\""You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away-she'll grow fierce and wild to get it back.\""

Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.

Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.

Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she's been one of the \""unadoptable\"" big girls at the town's orphanage where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.

When she meets Birdie, a young woman set on confronting the socialite sister who believes she's left her impoverished family behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg's future.

But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's charmed life is balanced precariously upon a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman haunted by loss who has been pushed to the brink with nothing left to lose.

Drawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women. But in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences...

Bold, heartwarming, and riotously funny, The Calamity Club is an unforgettable story of resilience and friendship, and a sisterhood of underestimated women who risk everything to take back control of their fates.

By: Kathryn Stockett
Imprint: Fig Tree
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780241796900
ISBN 10: 0241796903
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 21 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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 1 million copies in the UK and 15 million copies worldwide.

Reviews for The Calamity Club

Smart, funny, and driven by unforgettable characters ... a must-read * Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry * With exquisite storytelling and unforgettable characters, The Calamity Club is a joyful, heartbreaking, heartwarming read. I loved it so much * Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things *