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Friendship, loyalty, and love lie at the heart of Meg Waite Clayton’s beautifully written, poignant, and sweeping novel of five women who, over the course of four decades, come to redefine what it means to be family. For thirty-five years, Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally have met every... read more
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Characters edit
- Frankie, Mary Frances: originally from Chicago, one of the Wednesday Sisters, a group of friends who start as a book group and evolve into a writing group; mom of Maggie and Davy, wife to Danny
- Linda Mason: The boldest of the Wednesday Sisters, or so it seems; mom to twin girls Julie & Jamie and son J.J., wife of Jeff; grew up in Connecticut
- Katherine Claire Montgomery: Originally from Louiseville, Kentucky, a true Southern girl; the first friend of newly relocated Frankie; mom to Anna Page, Lee-Lee and Lacy, wife of Lee
- Mrs. Brett Tyler: another of the "Sisters", beyond intelligent, dreamed of being an astronaut, always wears curious white gloves; mother to Sarah and Mark, wife of Chip
- Ally Tantry: The last to join the Wednesday Sisters, Ally hides a secret or two of her own; wife to Jim
- Danny: Husband of Frankie, dad to Davy and Maggie; extremely intelligent
- Lee Montgomery: married to Kath
- Jeff: married to Linda
- Jim: married to Ally
- Maggie: daughter of Frankie and Danny
- Davy: son of Frankie and Danny
- Hope: Ally and Jim's daughter
- Anna Page: Oldest daughter of Kath and Lee
- Mrs. Arlene Peets: Add a description of this character.
- Carrie
- Julie: the younger of Linda's twin girls
- Bob Noyce: Danny's boss
- Jamie: the eldest of Linda's twin girls
- Johnny Carson: Actual historic figure who had a long-running TV show
- J. J.: son of Linda and Jeff
- Sarah Pardee Winchester: daughter of Brett and Chip
- Lacy: daughter of Kath and Lee
- Risa Luccessi: character in Frankie's novel
- Elizabeth
- Albert
- Betsy
- Brad
- Neil Armstrong: actual historical astronaut
- Mark Edward Tyler: son of Brett and Chip
- Bert Parks: actual historical figure
- E. M. Forster
- Karen Geisel
- Bobby Kennedy
- Frank Le
- Sister Josephine: a nun who encouraged Frankie to keep learning.
- Andy
- Cheryl Browne
- Dorothy Parker
- Pookie Benton
- Mrs. Linus Pauling
- Buzz Aldrin
- Sylvia Plath
- Miss Illinois
- Jenny Cavilleri
- Lee-Lee
- Uncle Jojo
- Nixon
- Myrtle Wilson
- Radcliffe
- J.J.
- Silent Screen
- Mary Alice
- Mr. Pajamas
- Rebecca King
- Wilbur
- Daisy Buchanan
- Stacey
- Estella
- Father Pat
- Dr. Seuss
- Tooty
- Dritha
- Robin’s Bug
- Madison Leland Montgomery
- Jane Austen
- Frankie O'Mara
- Jenn
- Doc Severinsen
- Arselia
- Santosh Amar
- Ed McMahon
- William Faulkner
- Oliver Barrett
- Michael Collins
- Fred Klein
- Dickens
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Stanford
- Chicago
- Palo Alto
- Arselia
- India
- San Francisco
- Kentucky
- California
- Canada
- Boston
- Houston
- Hawaii
- Gatsby
- Los Angeles
First Sentence edit
The Wednesday sisters look like the kind of women who might meet at those fancy coffee shops on University-we do look that way-but we're not one bit fancy, and we're not sisters, either.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Meg Waite Clayton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0345502825
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0345502825
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3603.L45 W43 2008
- Dewey: 813.6
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