Brews Books: The Book Club for Troublesome Women

Brews Books takes place on the first Thursday of every month at Door Thirteen (214 North Main Street, Auburn). We're dedicated to discussing our favorite unique reads, and we’re grateful to Door Thirteen for their partnership on this program. Attendees must be over 21 and have valid ID. Books are available at Eckhart Public Library, and library cards are not required for check out. On August 6th, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm, we'll discuss The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick. Description of The Book Club for Troublesome Women from HarperCollins: By 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan is living the American woman’s dream. She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia–one of Northern Virginia’s most exclusive and picturesque suburbs. She has a standing invitation to the neighborhood coffee klatch, and now, thanks to her husband, a new subscription to A Woman’s Place–a magazine that tells housewives like Margaret exactly who to be and what to buy. On paper, she has it all. So why doesn’t that feel like enough? Margaret is thrown for a loop when she first meets Charlotte Gustafson, Concordia’s newest and most intriguing resident. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte’s orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women–Bitsy and Viv–to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller The Feminine Mystique, they begin to discover that the American dream they’d been sold isn’t all roses and sunshine–and that their secret longing for more is something they share. Nicknaming themselves the Bettys, after Betty Friedan, these four friends have no idea their impromptu club and the books they read together will become the glue that helps them hold fast through tears, triumphs, angst, and arguments–and what will prove to be the most consequential and freeing year of their lives.