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The Briar Club: A Novel

Written by:
Kate Quinn
Narrated by:
Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
75
Narrator
34
Release Date
July 9, 2024
Duration
15 hours 3 minutes
Summary
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.

Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds; policeman’s daughter Nora, who finds herself entangled with a shadowy gangster; frustrated baseball star Beatrice, whose career has come to an end along with the women’s baseball league of WWII; and poisonous, gung-ho Arlene, who has thrown herself into McCarthy’s Red Scare.

Grace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?

Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test.

Includes a bonus conversation with Kate Quinn, Saskia Maarleveld, and Tessa Woodward, editor of The Briar Club.
Reviews

Great book and narrator… couldn’t stop listening.

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Kathy L.

History, the characters stories, narrator, the build up…it was all so good.

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Patrick M.

One of my favorite authors and Ms Quinn did not disappoint me! Another great story from a master storyteller! Always appreciate her authors notes and interviews.

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Jessica W.

This book was amazing! I loved the character development and each story was engaging and the story concluded perfectly!

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Lisa J.

Narration was amazing. Characters were so relatable. I liked how the book jumped from character to character and I also liked how recipes were incorporated. Makes me want to start a dinner club. Really enjoyed this audiobook.

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Lucy B.

RIGHT NOW I AM READING ALL OF KATES BOOKS. LOVE HER WRITING.

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Rachel E.

Very well done

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Sourabh S.

What an amazing book

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Reina H.

Such a great book. Characters were so well developed. I enjoyed every minute of the book. Definitely a MUST read!

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Lisa H.

Enjoyed the story and how all the character stories came together

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Anonymous

Excellent book and narration

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Kathryn B.

Great narration except one thing: people from Indiana or anywhere in the midwest (Bea) do NOT speak with a heavy Boston accent, no matter how long they may have lived in Boston

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Anonymous

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the way the story came together and the reader was great.

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Ronni D.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book! Kate Quinn does not disappoint!

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Cabeat

Excellent! A change of pace for Kate Quinn, but a very intriguing story. Narration of the vast number of characters was extremely good.

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Melissa T

I loved it! Subject of each individual struggles throughout their lives is very prevalent today even if the setting of the book was 70 years ago. I highly recommend this book.

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Linda C.

Great book, characters well developed and the story line was amazing. As always, her books do not disappoint. The narrator was masterful.

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