1984 Hardcover Book, And Ladies Of The Club, Helen Hooven Santmyer, Novel, Fiction, Literature, Historical Novel

1984 Hardcover Book, And Ladies Of The Club, Helen Hooven Santmyer, Novel, Fiction, Literature, Historical Novel

A hardcover book entitled And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer. This is a 1984 Edition. The cover boards are red with the title in gold on the spine. In 1982, "...And Ladies of the Club" was published obscurely by OSU Press: it was the publisher's second novel, there was no separate advertising budget, and only a few hundred copies of the book were sold, mostly to Ohio libraries. By chance, the novel ended up being read by some in the Hollywood entertainment industry who saw its potential for a larger audience. This led to the book's republication by Putnam in 1984. Both Santmyer and the novel subsequently received considerable media attention with the novel becoming a best-seller

This novel recounts the lives of a group of women who start a study club in a small town in southwestern Ohio in 1868. Over the years, the club evolves into an influential community service organization in the town. Numerous characters are introduced in the course of the novel but the primary ones are Anne Gordon and Sally Rausch who, as the book begins, are new graduates of the Waynesboro Female Seminary. The novel covers decades of their lives—chronicling the two women’s marriages and those of their children and grandchildren. Santmyer focuses not just on the lives of the women in the club, but also their families and friends and the politics and developments in their small town and the larger world.

Helen Hooven Santmyer (1895 – 1986) was an American writer, educator, and librarian. She is primarily known for her best-selling epic "...And Ladies of the Club", published when she was in her 80s.


Size:
9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches
1176 pages
Dust Jacket
Hardcover
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons -- 1984
An Atlantic Monthly Press Book
Book Club Edition

This book is in Used but in Very Good condition. The book has no rips or tears. The binding is completely intact and strong. The front and back cover boards have no staining. The pages are clean and bright. The dust cover is in good condition with small tears at the top of the binding and some very light staining.

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