Amidst the turbulence of the Civil Rights movement, 3 Mississippi women quietly start their own revolution with a book, some toilets and a chocolate pie. This book has the makings of a real word-of-mouth bestseller, and should be a reading group favourite. 'Daring, vitally important and very courageous. I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic' Marian Keyes

Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. Her first novel, The Help, has sold over 1 million copies in the UK and 15 million copies worldwide. It spent over two years on The New York Times bestsellers list, twenty-one weeks at Number 1, and has been translated into 38 languages and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. The Calamity Club is her second novel.