{"product_id":"the-briar-club-paperback-1","title":"The Briar Club - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Quinn evocatively balances the outward cheerfulness of the 1950s with historical observations exploring racism, misogyny, homophobia and political persecution in this \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003es\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eharply drawn, gripping novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\" - \u003c\/em\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Eye \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Code\u003c\/em\u003e returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace'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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, \u003cem\u003eThe Briar Club\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, foil cover, first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379241119846,"sku":"9780063244757","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/IcyQUaR5689780063244757.webp?v=1768918207","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-briar-club-paperback-1","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}