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Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett

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Sep 11, 2026

Amy BrownGUEST
56:43
Yeah.
Amy BrownGUEST
56:44
And Catherine Stockett is the author, by the way, of The Help and Calamity Club.
Amy BrownGUEST
56:49
So I just wanted to say her name.
Amy BrownGUEST
56:51
It wasn't coming to me at the moment, but I just looked it up and it's
speaker_0NARRATOR
0:33
You is important.
speaker_0NARRATOR
0:36
Kathryn Stockett put that sentence at the center of the help.
speaker_0NARRATOR
0:41
and readers have been carrying it out of the book ever since, onto classroom walls and greeting cards and tributes to mothers and teachers.
speaker_0NARRATOR
0:53
It is the most beloved line in one of the most beloved American novels of this century, and it is also the precise spot where the whole thing gives way.
Shirley ClarkeGUEST
50:54
I've just been so busy lately that it's been a little bit of a gap.
Shirley ClarkeGUEST
50:58
And that is the latest Catherine Stockett novel.
Shirley ClarkeGUEST
51:01
She wrote The Help, which was made into a film a long time ago.
Shirley ClarkeGUEST
51:07
And it's called, hang on, leaving my seat here.
Griffin RayHOST
0:04
Lemuria is hosting yet another book signing on Wednesday in Jackson.
Griffin RayHOST
0:10
From 4 to 6 p.m., Catherine Stockett, author of the hit book The Help, will be signing her latest historical fiction novel called The Calamity Club.
Griffin RayHOST
0:19
To go along with the event, Broad Street Bakery will have a lineup of special drinks and snacks, Levure will serve themed wine at a discounted price, and MC's Needlepoint will sell discounted themed canvases.
Griffin RayHOST
0:31
The bookstore is encouraging guests to arrive early and bring their Lemuria purchased copy of Stockett's book.
Jeff JankowskiHOST
44:33
And so we got to spend a week with our grandson just recently in Chicago.
Jeff JankowskiHOST
44:39
And she chose The Calamity Club with Catherine Stockett.
Jeff JankowskiHOST
44:43
And I was thinking, oh, this might be a little too girlish for me.
Jeff JankowskiHOST
44:47
And It was amazing.
Dave CongeltonHOST
31:22
Hit me with another book.
Susan HoffmanGUEST
31:25
Okay, here's another big seller at, I'm sure, Coalesce, and I saw it at volumes, and people are asking about it everywhere, because Catherine Stockett, the author of The Help, which was made into a very...
Susan HoffmanGUEST
31:42
Well thought of movie, both the book and the movie were very popular.
Susan HoffmanGUEST
31:46
The book was on the reserve shelf at Cuesta College Library, being taught in English classes for a long time.
Susan HoffmanGUEST
32:07
So, worth the wait.
Susan HoffmanGUEST
32:10
But its title is The Calamity Club, and it is set in Oxford, Mississippi in 1933.
Susan HoffmanGUEST
32:18
And for those of you who have read Catherine Stockett before, she's a southerner.
Susan HoffmanGUEST
32:24
I was worried a little bit that the title, The Calamity Club, sounded something like Fanny Flag.
Olivia MuenterHOST
25:29
What?
Becca FreemanHOST
25:30
The Calamity Club by Catherine Stockett.
Becca FreemanHOST
25:33
Everyone says that specifically the audio book is so good.
Becca FreemanHOST
25:38
It's 29 hours, though.
Simon MayoHOST
0:46
Whistler by Anne Patchett, which is a simply glorious story.
Simon MayoHOST
0:50
And The Calamity Club by Catherine Stockett, a great story which made me both laugh out loud and genuinely made me a tad teary.
Simon MayoHOST
0:58
This is her first book for years after The Help, and it was worth the wait.
Simon MayoHOST
1:02
Love the pod.
Amy BrownGUEST
58:31
Yeah.
Amy BrownGUEST
58:31
And Catherine Stockett is the author, by the way, of The Help and Calamity Club.
Amy BrownGUEST
58:37
So I just wanted to say her name.
Amy BrownGUEST
58:39
It wasn't coming to me at the moment, but I just looked it up and it's so, so good.
MacHOST
31:30
Okay.
MacHOST
31:30
Well, The Help is a book written by, I think her name is Kathryn Stockett, and she just came out with a new book called The Calamity Club, and it's her second book and it, it...
MacHOST
31:41
I was so hooked.
MacHOST
31:42
I haven't been this hooked on a book in so long.

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