ZLAC Book Club — July 23, 2026
For Members and Guests
The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
Meeting location is the clubhouse. You may bring your own dinner or snack. BYOB.
Author of The Rose Code, Kate Quinn captures the paranoia of the McCarthy Era and evokes the changing roles for women in postwar America in this intimate and thrilling historical mystery. This is a story of female friendships and secrets, set in a women's boardinghouse in Washington, D.C. in the 1950s.
An eclectic group of boardinghouse residents keep themselves to themselves, until a new boarder, Grace, moves in. Grace is a mysterious widow who soon brings the residents together - but their secrets remain. In a country swirling with suspicious and accusation, where women fight for social and financial independence, they must determine who their true enemy really is.
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