Rating: 3 out of 5
The Wednesday Sisters
by Meg White Clayton
Review by Erin Gurry
It was a day not unlike most others. Five mothers had taken
their children to play on the swings in the neighborhood park.
What was unexpected was the decades-long friendship that would
develop that day.

In a rural 1967 town, Mary Frances, Linda, Kathy, Brett, and
Ally found themselves too busy to join in the bell bottom or
anti-war movements going on throughout the country. They were
mothers. Mothers in a time when women were denied acceptance to
colleges and dismissed as not being fit parents if they
attempted to seek employment. But, as they soon discovered, they
were also avid readers. After a few meetings in the park and a
night spent watching the Miss America Pageant, the five women
decided they would try their hand at becoming authors. They
would write during the weekend and meet at the park each
Wednesday to share their attempts. It was during these meetings
that solid friendships were formed and the mothers, faced with
cheating husbands, illness and a need to be successful, learned
the importance of being a strong woman in the 60s and 70s.

Clayton's depiction is compelling. It is a testament to her idea
of friendship, that in a time of such memorable history she can
focus on the fortitude of the female spirit and it's compassion.

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