Five husbands. One book club. And enough secrets to fill a lifetime.
Edna Stone, eighty-something and the reigning queen of Searcy, Arkansas, invites eight women, ages twenty to eighty, to talk about books. They think they're just coming for wine and paperbacks.
They're wrong.
The best part of book club starts after the discussion, when Mrs. Edna shares the stories of her five husbands, and honey, her past is full of secrets and heartache.
But Edna isn't the only one with a broken heart. Joules Parker has kept hers under lock and key for twenty-five years after a devastating loss. Then Charles Randolph Raughlingsworth III walks back into her life, all history and heat. One problem: Joules still wants a baby. Charlie is done with that part of his life. Is he her second chance, or her next heartbreak?
Between the second glass of wine and the final chapter, these women stop pretending and start showing up for each other. The Dirty Birds' Book Club celebrates friendship, second chances, and the courage to finally tell the truth.
If you love Southern fiction with multigenerational secrets, banter that cuts both ways, and a book club that doubles as group therapy (with better wine), this one's for you.
New to the Carrington series? Pull up a chair. The Dirty Birds saved you a seat.