Standalone novel · 2026
The Calamity Club
In Depression-era Mississippi, Birdie Calhoun goes to Oxford to ask her sister Frances for money to save the family farm, and finds the Tartt household in trouble of its own. She, Frances and Meg, a neglected girl from the orphan asylum, join an unlikely group of women who survive on their wits.
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Book facts
- Author
- Kathryn Stockett
- Series
- Standalone
- Published
- 2026
- Setting
- Set in Oxford, Mississippi
- Characters charted
- 3
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Calamity Club
3 recurring or key characters from Kathryn Stockett’s chart. Introduces Birdie Calhoun, Meg Lefleur and Frances Tartt.
Lead 2
- Birdie CalhounFirst appearanceYoung woman trying to save her family’s farm
- Meg LefleurFirst appearanceEleven-year-old at an orphan asylum
Major 1
- Frances TarttFirst appearanceBirdie’s younger sister