The Dirty Book Club

 Recommended for Adult Reading Level

M.J. Stark seems to have it all—her dream job as a magazine editor, a sexy doctor boyfriend, and an exciting life in Manhattan—only it’s just an illusion. In reality, she’s still reeling from loneliness after losing her parents and sister. So when a promotion doesn’t go her way and her boyfriend suggests moving out to Pearl Beach, California, to be with him, she jumps at the chance: only to discover that life in California isn’t all beaches and sunshine.

When M.J. finds a mysterious envelope from her elderly neighbor, Gloria, with an invitation to inherit a “dirty book club” started by Gloria and her friends in the 1960s, she and three other women chosen by the original members may just have found a lifeline. As M.J. and the other women bond, each is challenged to rethink her life. Inspired by the women who recruited them, the women in the present-day Dirty Book Club find courage through the power of their burgeoning friendship.

Reviews for The Dirty Book Club

  • Fun and well done. Two generations of women both reading the same books decades apart, complete with book commentary from the older generation. Dishy and smart, which yes, is a rare combo.

     Carol Fitzgerald, BookReporter.com
  • The author draws great parallels between two groups of women who, despite their age differences, face the same challenges that most women face… a steady pace with an ending that readers will appreciate.

     Romantic Times
  • Four women become unlikely allies when chosen to take over an existing 'Dirty Book Club' in Harrison's first novel for adults. Harrison avoids easy or expected solutions to complicated, adult situations.

     Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • Author Lisi Harrison has created a fun frolic of a novel. Gather your most treasured girlfriends and give them all a copy of THE DIRTY BOOK CLUB.

     Excelsior Bay Books
  • Erotic novels are great inspiration for spicing things up in the bedroom, but this tale proves that they can motivate in other ways as well. The Dirty Book Club is unconventional in that, based off the title, one would assume this book was about a group of women who read tawdry novels for fun. While this is partially true, there is a surprising twist of using these "dirty" books to incite change in the lives of four women. The author draws great parallels between two groups of women who, despite their age differences, face the same challenges that most women face. Because the story is told from one character's perspective, there are many details about the other characters that are never explored. But overall, this book has a steady pace with an ending that readers will appreciate.

     RT Book Reviews