The Dirty Book Club

By: Lisi Harrison

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Clique series comes a novel about the importance of friendship, and, of course, the pleasure of a dirty book.

M.J. Stark’s life is picture-perfect—she has her dream job as a magazine editor, a sexy doctor boyfriend, and a glamorous life in New York City. But behind her success, there is a debilitating sense of loneliness. So when her boss betrays her and her boyfriend offers her a completely new life in California, she trades her cashmere for caftans and gives it a try. Once there, M.J. is left to fend for herself in a small beach town, with only the company of her elderly neighbor Gloria and an ocean that won't shut up.

One afternoon, M.J. discovers that Gloria has suddenly moved to Paris with her friends to honor a fifty-year-old pact. And in lieu of a goodbye, she's left a mysterious invitation to a secret club—one that only reads erotic books. Curious, M.J. accepts and meets the three other hand-selected club members. As they bond over naughty bestsellers and the shocking letters they inherited from the original club members, the four strangers start to divulge the intimate details of their own lives...and as they open up, they learn that friendship might just be the key to rewriting their own stories: all they needed was to find each other first.

Not much book club

And not much dirty...it is the theme though. Book was ok, not something that really captures you

Good story but rushed ending

I liked the idea of the story a lot! The bones of it were very good but the ending felt rushed.

Not my genre, but..

Good of its’s kind (I think. ). Lots of characters, lots of sentiment, a light touch on illustrations of finding ways of handing important relationships of all kinds, possibly love and (yes) sex. Carol

Charming and Delightful.

Charming and delightful, this book will surely work it's way into your heart. At first, the women seem to be "Karens," but it is necessary to remember the book starts in the sixties when women were told exactly what their roles in society were. The book touches on a lot of relevant, tough topics in a relatable way. You feel as if you could pull up a chair and join in the book clubs. The author cleverly allows the worlds of the old book club and the new book club to intertwine. The story is a sweet reminder that women need other women and that true friendships can survive the hardest of life's challenges. Women can indeed encourage one another and think/live outside of traditional roles. The characters are not perfect, like real-life people. Some of the flaws are exaggerated, like in the original Sex in the City, but other character flaws make them more relatable. Despite a few chessey moments, overall, the story was heartwarming and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Sex in the city meets YaYa Sisterhood

This is a great little distraction with some good laughs. Wished it was a bit longer so the characters would of developed more but over all this is a good book if you just need a bit of an escape.