". . . And Ladies of the Club"

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From the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War to the social turmoil of the 1930's...a warm intimate yet epic tale of two remarkable women in a small Ohio town, of their fellow members in the Waynesboro ladies' literary society, and of their men, their children and their grandchildren. Anne Gordon-the gentle doctor's daughter with the strength and courage to forgive the sins of those she loves. Sally Rausch-exuberant, wilful and ambitious, she transforms an unfashionable marriage into a bastion of social power. From girlhood to matriarchy, through wrenching battles for suffrage and prohitition to images of distant battlefields and loved ones lost for ever. '...And Ladies of the Club" brilliantly interweaves a century of American history with the individual joys, crises and tragedies of the town and its people. The result is a superb, glittering achievement-a great, rich satisfying read, already acclaimed as a classic of its kind.