The Radcliffe Ladies' Reading Club

By: Julia Bryan Thomas

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Never underestimate the power of a woman with a shop full of books

Massachusetts, 1954. With bags packed alongside her heavy heart, Alice Campbell escaped halfway across the country and found herself in front of a derelict building tucked among the cobblestone streets of Cambridge. She turns it into the enchanting bookshop of her dreams, knowing firsthand the power of books to comfort the brokenhearted.

The Cambridge Bookshop soon becomes a haven for Tess, Caroline, Evie, and Merritt, who are all navigating the struggles of being newly independent college women in a world that seems to want to keep them in the kitchen. But when a member of the group finds herself shattered, everything they know about themselves will be called into question.

From the author of For Those Who Are Lost comes an extraordinary love letter to books and friendship, a story that is at once heart-wrenching, strengthening, and inspiring.

©2023 Julia Bryan Thomas (P)2023 Tantor

Easy listen, good story

The first half was a little slow, otherwise a good story. Good narration. Overall, I enjoyed the book.

ChRming, thought provoking

Characters are engaging and much of the stirrings as true today as it was in ,the 50s.
Enjoyed it thoroughly and believe it would make a great book club read.

Good story about an age-old subject

What you think it was like for girls at Radcliffe in the early 50s May not mesh completely with Caroline’s story.

Excellent

It was very good and I would recommend it.
Definitely worth the listen and the credit.

Flat and undeveloped

The Characters are flat and underdeveloped. The author doesn’t make you care about or help you understand any of them. The storyline is boring, The reader isn’t very good.