The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel (Wednesday Series Book 1)

Five women—Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally—meet every Wednesday at a park near their homes in Palo Alto, California, beginning in 1967. Initially defined by their roles as homemakers and mothers, they seem to have little in common: Frankie is a timid transplant from Chicago, Linda is a blunt athlete, Kath is a Kentucky debutante, Ally is quiet with a secret, and Brett is quirky and intelligent. They bond over a shared love of literature, including works by Fitzgerald, Eliot, Austen, du Maurier, Plath, and Dickens, and watch the Miss America Pageant together each year. Over thirty-five years, the group forms a writers circle to express themselves through poems, stories, and eventually books. As their children grow and history unfolds around them—Vietnam, the moon landing, and the women's movement—they support one another through personal challenges including infidelity, longing, illness, failure, and success. The novel explores how these five women redefine what family means through their enduring friendship.