The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett · 2026
How long does it take to read The Calamity Club?
About 12 hours 46 minutes
638 pages at 50 pages an hour. 26 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she’s left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister’s seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates—and Meg’s—converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan for them to take control of their lives. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women’s freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences.
How long does it take to read The Calamity Club?
The Calamity Club is 638 pages, so it takes about 12 hours 46 minutes to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 18 hours 14 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 9 hours.
How many days to read The Calamity Club at 20 minutes a day?
About 39 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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