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 The Wednesday Sisters A National Bestseller Summer 2009 Target Bookmarked Selection A Borders Book Club Selection A Bookmovement.com Top 20 Book Club Pick for 2011 Based on Readers' Choices Would Your Book Group Like to Chat? What Book Groups are Saying about The Wednesday Sisters:  "The Wednesday Sisters are as delightful, insightful, and wonderful a group of women as you could ever hope to meet. This
book is about people; about the power of being a woman; it is about you
and me, your mother and your sweetest sister-friend." - Amanda Waterhouse, Chicks on Lit, Greensboro, North Carolina
"A wonderful book about sisterhood and personal growth—an inspiration!" - Caroline Tonetti, Yale Road Book Club, Menlo Park, CA "Grab a few bottles of wine when your book club discusses The Wednesday Sisters because you're in for a long—and quite interesting—evening. We fell in love with this novel, which uncorked discussions of friendship, marriage, motherhood, writing and what it was like to live through the changing times of the late twentieth century." - Jane Schreier Jones, The PageTurners Book Club, Springboro, Ohio 
"Our book club has women of all ages and stages. Each of us loved The Wednesday Sisters for different reasons and found ourselves identifying with different women in the book. We all agreed it gave us a great insight into the real issues faced by women who lived in the shadows of their husbands' careers, but who found their own ways to express their individualism." - Mary Marsh, the Palo Alto Book Club, Palo Alto, CA
Meg Waite Clayton does an amazing job transporting us to the past, making us feel not like observers, but participants, in a rich past, a time of great social upheaval that changed the technology industry, California culture, race and class perceptions, and most vividly, women's position in society. A remarkably powerful experience to share the sister's experiences and be reminded how far we've come in such a short time. - IdaRose Sylvester, The Kinda Sorta Bookclub, Mountain View, CA 
"I loved The Wednesday Sisters and the way it gently pulls you into the story without needless drama or fanfare. The story unfolds beautifully with five women sharing life and finding a deepened friendship over time. It reminds me of how the members of our Book Club are growing in our relationships with each other the longer we meet and discuss books like Meg Waite Clayton's." - Barbara Tyler, Yale Road Book Club, Menlo Park, CA "Having grown up on the San Francisco Peninsula near Palo Alto during the same time frame as the Wednesday Sisters, I felt a special kinship to them as they met, shared their secrets, wept through their hardships, laughed through their joys, and celebrated their lives together. The places they met all have a special significance in my life which added to the pleasure of reading this wonderful example of women growing as well as 'growing-up' together. A definite must read for those of us whose lives have been touched by the grace of friendships from other women." - Anne Joste Dazey, Another Chapter Book Club, Palo Alto, California "The Wednesday Sisters brings five women to life—their friendships, their love of writing and literature along with their struggles and triumphs over the years. A book club gem—thought-provoking for all ages." - Debbie Earl, The Laker Women, Prior Lake, Minnesota 
"Like each of the five women in The Wednesday Sisters, I became a woman in early 60's. As I read this fun book, I reached back to remember Stanford of the 60's. I remembered it as a place of challenges and opportunities, but also with curfews, dress codes, and no Title IX—so without women's sport teams like basketball, soccer, and tennis. This story reminds us on so many fronts—yes, we sisters have come a long way! When I share this touching book with my granddaughters some future day (and I certainly will), I will laugh when they look at me in disbelief and say, 'no way!'" - Elizabeth Blois, Yale Road Book Club, Menlo Park, CA 
"The Wednesday Sisters celebrates the power and strength that a community of women can bring to each other. It is a book that all of us in our book club have treasured and will be passing on to the next generation of "sisters" of the heart." - Niki Saxena, The Palo Alto Book Club, Palo Alto, California "I grew up in Palo Alto and went to Castilleja Girls School—what a memorable trip down memory lane with The Wednesday Sisters. Meg Waite Clayton captures the essence of girls who become women." - Belinda Rose, Yale Road Book Club, Menlo Park, CA "The Wednesday Sisters is a story about a female friendship group, but this book lead our book club to an in-depth discussion on the evolution of feminism and racism over the last four decades. We were amazed at how behaviors and thoughts have changed and how it has altered our lives, quite similar to how it affects the 'sisters' in the book." - Mary Scavarda, The Kinda Sorta Book Club, Mountain View, CA
"The Wednesday Sisters
is a beautifully crafted story about the empowerment of women through
the bonds of friendship. By taking five close friends and setting them
in a time of cultural and political change, the author has created a
delightful and enlightening read. I laughed, I cried, I learned! The Wednesday Sisters is destined to be a book that women give to their girlfriends!" - Elizabeth Miller, The Literary Ladies, South Jersey, Burlington, New Jersey
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"This
novel is an epic portrait of women's relationships in the second half
of the twentieth century. The girls in our book club could relate to so many of the things these women went through, yet reading about it all through Meg's characters was like looking at it through a kaleidoscope of many colors—much more fun!" - Julie Hardy, The Pulpwood Queens, Tyler, Texas
I love to visit book groups who are reading The Wednesday Sisters,
either in person if you are—as my dear old dad used to say about boys I
dated—"geographically suitable," or by phone if you aren't. To arrange
a time that works for your group and me, please 
