The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

I literally flew through this book – I picked it up last night and finished it early this morning, and yes, I did take a break to go to bed. It’s a very easy, quick read with vibrant, easy to like characters. The Wednesday Sisters is about a group of young moms who meet, every Wednesday, at a park near their homes. Over time, they grow to become friends more than sisters, sharing everything about their lives. These women are so different, with such diverse backgrounds, and yet in the late 1960’s, they were essentially all housewives. Linda is bossy and speaks her mind and is extremely passionate about her causes, especially women’s progress. Kath is a former Southern belle who doesn’t quite know who she is outside of her marriage. Brett is extremely intelligent and dreamt of being an astronaut in the days before women regularly finished college. Ally is struggling to have a child in a society that views her interracial marriage as a curiosity at best, and an abomination at worst. And finally, Frankie, our narrator, is a Chicago transplant who has always wanted to be a writer. They begin writing at their Wednesday get togethers and we see their growth in both their writings and themselves over time. It is also interesting to see how these women view themselves and how that changes over time as the way society views them also changes.  It’s a great book and kind of in the chick lit genre, but definitely something worth picking up at the library.