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The book spans decades in the lives of the women involved in the club, between 1868 and 1932. Numerous characters are introduced in the course of the novel but primary are anne gordon and sally rausch who, as the book begins. Helen hooven santmyer was born in cincinnati and raised in its neighboring town of xenia, ohio. And ladies of the club by helen hooven santmyer fantastic fiction. In 1983, santmyer was forced for health reasons to move permanently into a nursing home. Over the years the club evolves into a influential community service organization in the town. And ladies of the club is a tome filled with political rhetoric, religious bents and general life of one community, waynesboro, ohio. And ladies of the club made her a celebrity at the age of 88, died yesterday of emphysema in xenia, ohio, at hospitality. And ladies of the club, a novel by helen hooven santmyer, recounts the lives of a group of women in waynesboro, ohio, who begin a study club. And ladies of the club by helen hooven santmyer 2000. Santmyer left academia to accept a job as reference librarian in dayton, ohio. And ladies of the club ebook by helen hooven santmyer. She was 87 when her novel and ladies of the club was published as a book of the month, and passed away at the age of 90 in february.
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