The Radcliffe Ladies' Reading Club: A Novel by Julia Bryan Thomas. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2023. Adult fiction. Four freshman year students at Radcliffe are brought together for monthly book groups at a newly founded local bookshop. It's the 1950's and women are often overlooked for careers except as wives, teachers, or nurses. Tess, strong willed and smart, and her roommate the beautiful and wealthy Caroline, as well as Evie who grew up on a farm, and Merritt from California whose mother is dead and whose artist father is remote, all live in the same dorm, but are very different. The young woman who owns The Cambridge Bookshop, Alice, provides a safe haven during rocky times for those who need it. Friendship, books, jealousy, and trauma blend in this well written novel of their first year away from home and in college.
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