The Calamity Club

No. The Calamity Club is Kathryn Stockett's second novel, published in 2026, seventeen years after The Help (2009). It is a standalone story with new characters, set in Oxford, Mississippi in 1933 during the Great Depression, rather than a continuation of The Help's story or cast.

Set in Oxford, Mississippi in 1933, the novel follows Meg, an eleven-year-old orphan at the local orphan asylum; Birdie Calhoun, an outspoken bookkeeper who comes to town seeking to help her sister; and Charlie, a woman with a difficult past. Their lives intersect and lead them into a daring scheme to reclaim control over their own circumstances at a time when women had little.

The hardcover edition from Spiegel & Grau runs 656 pages. Other editions vary slightly by format and typesetting.