Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life

by Elizabeth Long

Book Overview

Book clubs are everywhere these days. And women talk about the clubs they belong to with surprising emotion. But why are the clubs so important to them? And what do the women discuss when they meet?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226492621
• ISBN13: 9780226492629
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Well-worth Reading!

Last year a libarian friend told me about Elizabeth Long's book, knowing I'd find it useful while preparing a talk for a women's book club. I was inspired by Long's historic perspective and her descriptions of how book clubs and study clubs kept women's minds and hopes alive, even when the establishment sought to stifle them. Well-done!