Lit Chat with NYT Bestselling Author Marie Bostwick

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# Creating Community and Breaking Boundaries

Margaret Ryan never really meant to start a book club... or a feminist revolution, for that matter! 

She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia--one of Northern Virginia's most exclusive and picturesque suburbs.  By 1960s, standards, she's living the American dream. But she is thrown for a loop when she first meets the free-spirited and artsy Charlotte Gustafson. 

As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte's orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women--Bitsy and Viv--to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller The Feminine Mystique, they begin to discover that the American dream they'd been sold isn't all roses and sunshine--and that their secret longing for more is something they all share.

The Book Club for Troublesome Women  is "perfect for those who love book clubs, nostalgia for the 1960s, and stories of female friendship." --Booklist. 

Marie Bostwick is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than twenty works of uplifting contemporary and historical fiction. Translated into a dozen languages, Marie’s novels are beloved by readers across the globe. Her 2009 book, A Thread of Truth, was an “Indie Next Notable” pick. Three of her books were published as Reader's Digest “Select Editions.” Marie lives in Washington state with her husband and a beautiful but moderately spoiled Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

Read Marie's Letter to Book Clubs.

Check out Marie's works from the Library!

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Interviewer Raffaela Marie Rizzo devotes her energy to capturing family stories, books, community, genealogy, history, and travel. She is a past president of the Nationally renowned Amelia Island Book Festival (AIBF). She now serves on the AIBF Board of Ambassadors to help get books into students' hands. She currently serves as president of Giro di Mondo, publishing a small hybrid publishing firm, that helps authors achieve their dream to be published.